Friends In Deed's seventh annual Golfing for Good tournament hits Brookside Golf Club on Monday, Nov. 9, with tickets already sold out.
The 132-year-old Pasadena interfaith nonprofit is still welcoming sponsors and auction-item donations for the fundraiser at 1133 N. Rosemont Ave., according to the Pasadena Star-News. Proceeds support all five of Friends In Deed's programs for residents experiencing homelessness or financial hardship.
Sponsors can sign up at friendsindeedpas.org/golf.
The day starts with registration at 9 a.m., a putting contest at 10 a.m. and an 11 a.m. shotgun start. After the round, guests gather for cocktails and an opportunity drawing at 4 p.m. A dinner and awards ceremony follows at 5 p.m.
Where the money goes
The tournament funds five programs, including a food pantry that served 3,239 households this year and an eviction-prevention program that kept 101 households from becoming homeless, the Star-News reported. The nonprofit also runs a women's day program, street outreach and housing services, and a bad-weather shelter.
Event chair Pat Wickhem said the organization has lived by the motto "doing together what we cannot do alone" for 132 years.
The need is real. Favio Tello, director of development and communications for Friends In Deed, called the event "a day of fun with a serious purpose."
Gold sponsors for the 2026 tournament include the Callahan Family Foundation, Pasadena Methodist Foundation and First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, and the Silk Family Foundation.
