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Suwanee Veterans Day Golf Classic Reports 135 Veteran Registrants; Gwinnett Offers Separate Support Services

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Published on November 09, 2026
Suwanee Veterans Day Golf Classic Reports 135 Veteran Registrants; Gwinnett Offers Separate Support ServicesVeterans Golf Tournament
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The Veterans Day Charity Classic at Bear's Best Atlanta in Suwanee put veteran participation at the center of its event. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that 160 golfers were registered, including 135 veterans, and that the tournament was raising money for the Georgia Veterans Day Association. Those figures describe registrations; they do not establish how many registrants ultimately played.

Fundraiser sits alongside local veteran services

The tournament is one fundraising event, not a veterans-benefits service. Separately, the Georgia Department of Veterans Service says it opened a field office at Gwinnett Technical College’s Lawrenceville Campus. The department lists the office at 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway and says it is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Gwinnett County describes another local resource: navigators working with Disabled American Veterans Gwinnett Chapter 90 help veterans and their families with VA benefit forms, claims and referrals to resources, according to the county’s veterans-resources page. These services provide broader local context, but the available information does not connect them to the golf classic or establish how much the tournament raised.