The Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva and the Zonta Foundation of Southwest Florida, known for their annual March fundraiser, the Peek at the Unique Tour of Island Homes, are announcing a new fundraising event for 2024 – the Zonta “Peekleball Volley Against Violence” tournament at Sanibel’s Sundial Resort & Spa pickleball courts on Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15.
“Peekleball” is a nod to Zonta’s home tour, a Sanibel-Captiva success story since 2002. The tournament is a charitable fundraising activity that supports Zonta’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—an international campaign, annually in November-December—that aims to inspire action and end violence against women and girls. Gender-based violence includes psychological, physical and sexual violence, sexual harassment, child marriage, and human trafficking.
Zonta promises that this tournament will be a fun and memorable one. Barbara Beran, Zontian and tournament organizer, stated, “In addition to pickleball play at all levels for doubles, mixed and singles, there will be pickleball-related sales, auctions and giveaways. The first day of play will start off with an honor guard, courtesy of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, which will also bring its ICRT (Ice Cream Response Team) truck with free ice cream and Robbie the RoboDog, who will offer photo opportunities.
All funds raised will be distributed in the form of carefully vetted local grants that support Zonta’s mission to build a better world for women and girls, to halt gender-based violence and to aid victims of the same.
Zonta asks all pickleball players to sign up for this event. To register, please go to:
Zonta’s Volley Against Violence (pickleballtournaments.com) or to the link on the front page of Zonta’s website at https://zontasancap.com/. The registration deadline is December 10.
The club has also issued a special challenge to all island charities and businesses to enter one or more players and/or doubles teams in this tournament.
Zonta thanks its sponsors, Sundial Resort & Spa, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Selkirk Sport, Tunaskin, Engage Pickleball, CPX Pickleball, Paddletek, PickleBelle, Rauch Brands, Sanibel Carts, On Island, and Kingfisher Real Estate, for their support.
To become a tournament sponsor, please go to www.ZontaSanCap.com/contact/ or email [email protected]. To make a tax-deductible donation to Zonta, please go to www.ZontaSanCap.com and click on Donate.
