Golf Classic

August 24, 2026

10:30 am
- 7:00 pm

Minnesota Valley Country Club
6300 Auto Club Road
Bloomington, MN 55438 - Map

Thank You for an Incredible 30th Anniversary!

Thank you to everyone who joined Homeward Bound for our 30th Annual Golf Classic & Gala at Minnesota Valley Country Club. Golfers, dinner guests, sponsors, donors, volunteers, partners, staff and friends came together for a milestone celebration of Homeward Bound and the community that makes our work possible. Together we raised just shy of 90,000! Wow.

Relive the Day

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7Ta0tzg9f-g

From the golf course to the evening program, take a look back at some of the people and moments that made our 30th anniversary so special.

Celebrating Our 2026 Award Recipients

Community Service Legacy Award
Terry Severns-Williams

Legacy Honoree
Wayne Larson
Homeward Bound’s first Executive Director, a founding member of the organization, and a parent and guardian whose leadership and dedication helped shape Homeward Bound into the organization we know today.

Service Partner of the Year
Breck School

Mission Impact Award
Darling Little Farms
Accepted by founder and owner Emily Noel

Vendor of the Year
WA Group

Congratulations to Our Golf Winners!

1st Place – Overall Team
Kraus Anderson

MSP Mortgage took 2nd Place and Team Homefinder took 3rd place!

Additional Golf Contest Winners

Closest to the Pin #11 – Edgar Rapoport

Longest Drive #1 (Men Only) – Jay Blanchard

Longest Drive #5 (Women Only) – Sabrina Radke

Longest Putt #18 – Jim Rikkers

$17,000+ Raised for Adventure Club

One of the most memorable moments of the evening came during our live donation moment in support of Adventure Club. Together, guests raised more than $17,000 in that moment to help create more opportunities for the people we support to get out, explore, travel and experience their communities.

Every “I’m In!” paddle raised inspired another, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who joined the Club that evening.

Today, we’ve raised just over half of our fundraising goal!

With Gratitude

Special thanks to Dan “The Common Man” Cole of KFAN FM 100.3, who returned for his 15th year as our event host.

Thank you to Ross Brink, Foundation Board Chair; Kevin Rymanowski, Inc. Board Chair; and Jim Schaefer, Inc. Board Member, and Rob Edwards, President and CEO, for co-hosting the event, and to the residents, staff and guest speakers who helped tell Homeward Bound’s story throughout the evening.

We are also grateful to Randy and Melissa Hoepner for donating their event photography, our sponsors and in-kind partners, our Beer & Wine partners, silent auction and raffle donors, volunteers, and everyone who helped make the day possible.

And thank you to Minnesota Valley Country Club for once again welcoming Homeward Bound to its beautiful course and helping us celebrate 30 years of this event.

Thank you for being part of 30 years of the Homeward Bound Golf Classic. We’ll see you in 2027!

The Development Team