The Friendship Foundation

09/03/2026

05/19/2026

What a fabulous 40th anniversary tournament! We are still on cloud nine from our fantastic weekend welcoming Kyler into our Friendship Family!
We'd like to thank our amazing local sponsors who support us each and every year! These companies help us put together an incredible raffle that brings in a lot of money for our Foundation and give us fun door prizes that we bring out to golfers while they are playing!
Special shout outs go to Warm Springs Golf Course Boise Idaho for being the Official Course of the Friendship Scramble for 40 years, Lou Aaron with Westside Drive-in for always providing an incredible luncheon, and BACON Boise! for adding that extra bacon flare!
We love to support these businesses right back so if you haven’t given them your time in a while please go check them out!

05/17/2026

We got to see some very special faces today at our tournament! Thank you to former recipients Cortney and Rio (and all their family members!!) for coming out today to join our celebrations! Catching up and hearing about all the latest adventures is always such a wonderful treat!

05/16/2026

Our recipients have arrived to our tournament via many modes of transportation over the past 40 years! By limo, car, ambulance, helicopter…we have seen it all! This year for the first time- our recipient arrived to us via livestream from the hospital! While unable to join in person, we were able to patch Kyler in (with a couple Friendship Foundation board members) to meet everyone and receive all his awards. His mother, older brother, and younger sister joined us in person on the course!
Thank you to the YMCA, Build-a-Bear, Del Taco, and Roaring Springs for giving Kyler and his family some extra fun excursions to look forward to! Check out the photo attached to see other gifts Kyler received from the Friendship Foundation!
Happy Kyler Day!

05/16/2026

Want to give on our 40th anniversary?? We have Venmo even if you aren’t with us in person today!

05/16/2026

What a great kick off to our 40th anniversary! Big shout out to Ansots, Blue Sky, and DK Donuts for the amazing breakfast buffet! 😋

05/16/2026

Good morning and welcome to the 40th Anniversary Friendship Scramble! Our recipient for this incredible milestone year is Kyler Urbatsch! Kyler is 13 years old and fighting AML. We can’t wait to celebrate Kyler all day long! Stay tuned for all our posts and updates!!

05/16/2026

One day to go! For our final countdown day we induct Jayden Chavez (2025) into our Hall of Fame! When we met Jayden he was a 3 year old who was recently diagnosed with ALL, and treatment was sapping him of his usual amounts of energy. The day of his tournament brought some of the worst weather we have ever seen on the golf course but that didn’t stop Jayden from having a BLAST. Perhaps the biggest hit of the day was the racecar track that Jayden noticed within seconds of arriving at the golf course and insisted on opening and setting up immediately! The giggles and screams of excitement were music to our ears!
Jayden is currently in a maintenance period of his treatment which means less appointments and more energy! His mother, Janelly, shared with us that he is doing really well and is more hyper than ever!

We will see you all in the morning for our 40 anniversary celebrations!!

05/15/2026

Two days left! Ayla Ambriz was our recipient in 2024! Ayla has been battling ALL since January 2024. While Ayla may be soft-spoken and shy when you meet her, her true colors quickly come out! She has a real witchy, spooky vibe going on! She loves Goth culture and enjoys movies and shows like Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus. An avid Harry Potter fan, Ayla is convinced the Sorting Hat got it wrong and that she is a true Slytherin at heart!

On the day of her tournament we got to meet a lot of Ayla’s cheer squad! At the top of that list were her parents, Amber and Aaron, and her little sister, Kaia. A highlight of Ayla’s tournament day was heading straight to Build-a-Bear from the golf course to use the generous donation we receive from them every year.

The money Ayla received from the tournament helped Amber stay at home full-time for over a year. Ayla was able to purchase a new gaming computer and desk for her room. She just finished her last round of chemo and is looking forward to enjoying all summer has to provide before she enters her freshman year of High School!