Rotary Club of Mercer Island will swing into its inaugural Pickleball Tournament fundraiser from Aug. 22-24 at the Luther Burbank Park sports courts.

The round-robin tourney, which will highlight the park’s eight new pickleball courts, will raise funds to support youth mental health and well-being, with 25% of net proceeds going to The Scooty Fund. The Scooty Fund is a nonprofit organization started by Kasey Taylor and Tara Neilson (Mercer Island High School class of 2011) in honor of Will Taylor (Mercer Island High School class of 2013) to promote emotional awareness, education and resources for young adults.

The balance of the funds raised will be used to support cancer research, housing and food security, clean water and other meaningful causes, according to Rotary.

“Rotary’s motto is ‘Service Above Self’ and we hope you join us in christening the new pickleball courts while raising money to improve lives here and abroad,” Rotary added.

Matches are anticipated to begin at 8 a.m. each day and finish at around 7 p.m. Players will engage in women’s doubles on Friday, mixed doubles on Saturday and men’s doubles on Sunday and there will be playoffs for gold, silver and bronze awards.

Standard registration is $75 per person plus event fees through Aug. 13. Beginning Aug. 14, late registration will be $90 per person plus event fees.

A food truck will be on site from approximately 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

Registration is open at: https://tinyurl.com/3swwd5nr

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