OAKLEAF— The Psi Mu Nu Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted its fifth-annual golf tournament on Friday, Aug. 22.

As part of their Uplift in Action Foundation event, the group welcomed 92 golfers to the Eagle Landing Golf Club for a day of leisure and fundraising activities.

“Today is a culmination of a lot of work. It’s basically fundraising to fund all our initiatives throughout the year. And we have a lot of corporate sponsorships, and a lot of different individual friends, family members who pour into the organization because they know what we do in the community,” said Johnson Joseph, president of the Uplift in Action Foundation and Golf Tournament Committee.

The foundation highlights the group's community outreach initiatives. Some of their past efforts include voter registration drives, school backpack giveaways, Thanksgiving food drives, Christmas toy drives and school mentorships.

Friday’s event, which raised money for the organization’s youth scholarships, essay contests, and talent hunts, featured golfers participating in four-man scramble, closest-to-the-pin, and longest-drive competitions. The fraternity also hosted raffles, prize giveaways and an awards luncheon. Hole sponsorships were available in platinum, gold, silver and bronze.

“This is our largest turnout to date. So, every year we’ve gotten progressively larger in participation,” Joseph said.

Joseph said the fraternity hopes to establish more community partnerships and involvement to make next year’s event even more successful and impactful for Clay County and the west side of Jacksonville, two areas the organization frequently serves.