(For those who attended the event you can purchase a quality print here.)
Last week I had the pleasure of being one of the photographers at the Asian American Donor Program’s Barry Foon Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Black Hawk Country Club in Danville, CA. I’m not much of a golf fanatic, but I had a tremendous amount of fun. Everyone who attended the event came for a great cause which entail provided for an awesome vibe.
AADP is a community non-profit organization that saves lives by registering potential marrow/ stem cell donors of multi-ethnic descent. They are in dire need of more potential donors. How dire ? Well, Asians have the least possibility of receiving a donor. With such a huge population I would think otherwise. If you’re interested in helping out please check out their site.
Now onto more of the golf tournament. Lets start with a list of celebrities who attended: Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist and winner of Dancing with the Stars and her husband, Bret Hedican, NHL Anaheim Duck, former MLB players Erik Johnson, Vida Blue, Darren Lewis and Fred Breining and Diane Dwyer, NBC Weekend Anchor. All of these celebs contributed a generous amount of time and effort to make this day fun and exciting. First off, Kristi was in stationed at the 4th hole. There she took pictures with the golfers, and helped raise even more money by selling Mulligan tape and/or pouring shots of Don Julio tequila. What more could you want at the 4th hole?
The celebrities who played included Bret, Erik, Fred, Vida and Darren. These guys were a real fun group. They did really well at the tournament, but I do know there was a group that beat them.
(From left to right: Vida Blue, Fred Breining, Erik Johnson, Darren Lews, Bret Hedican)
Later that night was the dinner and auction. The auction was hosted by Diane Dwyer who did a great job auctioning off the items.
This shoot was a blast, and I’m really looking forward to next year already.
If you want to check out more pictures you can visit my flickr set here, or if you’d like to see more photos including more of mine you can check out the AADP flickr site.
(For those who attended the event you can purchase a quality print here.)
