It’s raining pickleballs!

Some 1,850 numbered balls will drop from the sky during an all-day event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20 when the SCW Pickleball Club, in partnership with the SCW Alliance of Business and Community (ABC), and the Sundome Plaza Merchants, stage the fourth annual Day for Charity to benefit two important local groups: SCW Foundation/Helping Hands, and the Community Fund of SCW.

Firefighters from North County Fire & Medical District will drop the balls from their big ladder truck. The public can join in the fun and win cash prizes by purchasing numbered pickleballs which will be dropped onto a target on Liberty Courts, Palm Ridge Center, 13800 W. Deer Valley Drive.

The club will give away up to $4,450, with a top prize of $1,000 going to one lucky winner. Other prizes from sponsoring merchants can be won when balls land in fish bowls on the court.

To date the 1,200-member SCW Pickleball Club has raised more than $42,000 for local service organizations, and expects to add to that total through this big event. Tax deductible Ball Drop entries are $10 each, or 3 for $25, and may be purchased at the SCW Foundation office (Stardust & RH Johnson Boulevard), or by calling Ken Holtz, Pickleball Club, at 623-215-5854. Winners need not be present. For more information visit scwpickleballclub.com.

The Pickleball Party, sponsored by the Sundome Plaza Merchants, will include an afternoon of pickleball play at all levels, food, vendors, raffles and lots of surprises. As sponsors, Sundome Plaza Merchants and the SCW Alliance of Business and Community are proud to have the opportunity to support the event.

IF YOU GO

What: Day for Charity

When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20

Where: Palm Ridge Center, 13800 W. Deer Valley Drive, Sun City West

More Info: Donna Maloney at 623-272-0219, donna6535@gmail.com