Foundation Boardmember Jack Cummings, Medal of Honor Recipient Fred Ferguson and Philadelphia MCLEF Committee Member Mike Wallace after the 2005 Golf Tournament. Cummings and Wallace traveled from Philadelphia to help kick off the first MCLEF tournament west of St. Louis.

Tournament Co-chair Kirk Tushaus, Medal of Honor Recipient Jon Cavaiani, MCLEF President Peter Haas, Tournament Co-chair J.P. Holyoak and Medal of Honor Recipient Fred Ferguson. Haas, from the great state of New Jersey and one of the founding members of the Foundation, took time from his busy schedule to attend Arizona's inaugural event.