Goldberg Segalla partner Joseph Hanna, founder of Bunkers in Baghdad, partnered with his favorite golfer, six-time major winner Phil Mickelson, to further their shared missions of supporting our troops through a love of golf. Bunkers in Baghdad is a non-for-profit that collects and sends new and used golf balls, clubs, and equipment to our troops around the world, providing them with a welcome form of stress relief, recreation, and a slice of home. Mickelson’s father was a fighter jet pilot and Mickelson and his family have a long history of supporting military related causes.

The collaboration kicked off with a Bunkers Buddies event in Houston, where military families participated in golf clinics with Mickelson’s LIV Golf team, the HyFlyers GC, and children crafted cards and decorated golf balls to send with requested golf equipment to deployed troops and veterans.

Joe shared this recent experience with the Buffalo News, “For the last 15 years, we, from afar, have admired Phil and Amy Mickelson for all they have done for our military members and troops around the globe,” said Joe. “And here we are today as partners. We’re now working with a generational golfer, and certainly someone I have appreciated for many years.”

Joe continued “As long as we keep getting requests from our troops and our veterans, we’ll keep going. It’s the least we can do for all that they do for us.”

Bunkers in Baghdad has now been active for over 15 years and has donated over 15 million golf balls, 1.5 million golf clubs, and other golf equipment to military members across 80 countries.

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“Buffalo attorney teams with Phil Mickelson to support military personnel,” Buffalo News, July 16, 2024 (Subscription Required)

About Bunkers in Baghdad

Bunkers in Baghdad is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity that collects and sends new and used golf balls, clubs, and equipment to our troops around the world, with a focus on the brave men and women currently serving in combat zones. The Bunkers program also extends its support to injured veterans who are currently recovering in Wounded Warriors programs, as well as other military installations and VA hospitals across the country. The golf equipment is provided as both an aid in their rehabilitation, as well as a welcome form of recreation. Bunkers in Baghdad has sent over 15 million golf balls, 1.4 million clubs, to U.S. troops and veterans in 80 countries around the world.

More about Joseph M. Hanna

Joseph M. Hanna is a highly experienced litigator and legal adviser recognized for his national practice in retail and hospitality and sports and entertainment law. Acknowledged nationally and regionally as an advocate and trailblazer, Joe earned the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest civil volunteerism award presented by the President of the United States (2022). He was also the youngest honoree ever to be named Lawyer of the Year in the Bar Association of Erie County’s 130-year history (2015).