Outreach Programs
Beginning in the spring of 2024, the Rossmoor Pickleball Club created a Community Outreach Committee. The purpose of the committee is to provide club members an opportunity to give back to the community. The Community Outreach Committee annually will determine various activities that the club will participate in. Some of the events planned include teaching Pickleball at underserved schools and youth in foster care, sorting food at the Food Bank of Contra Costa County, working with Habitat for Humanity and sponsoring Family Pickleball Days at Rossmoor. This past year RPC members donated over 1300 hours to these outreach programs. If you are interested in getting involved with any of these activities, you can reach out to Natalee Fairbanks at nattie.brattie@gmail.com. Below is a summary of some of the opportunities that will be available in 2025.
RPC has partnered with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano in sorting and boxing food donations. The Food Bank services an average of 400,000 people per month,distributing more than 2.7 million meals on a monthly basis. We have scheduled the following dates in 2025: January 21st, March 18th, May 13th, July 15th, September 16th and November 5th. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Vicki Anderle at vicki.anderle@gmail.com.
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RPC will be working with Youth Homes (foster care) to teach Pickleball to a group of youngsters in September at Willow Pass Community Park in Concord. We will need volunteers to help teach kids in foster care the art of Pickleball as well as provide refreshments for the event. We are also looking into having a one-time donation trailer for clothing and housewares brought into Rossmoor for donations to Youth Homes. For information and sign-ups please contact Linda Spiegelman 925-322-8470 or email her at morrie292@sbcglobal.net.
RPC is partnering with Habitat for Humanity in two different ways. We have opportunities to volunteer at Esperanza Place in Walnut Creek, Habitat’s first zero net energy development, offering affordable green homes to 42 families. Esperanza is Spanish for hope, and hope is what Habitat Volunteers are building at the end of the day. Half of the 21 homes are complete and when Habitat welcomes back volunteers for build days in 2025, we will provide opportunity to volunteer. Habitat can take up to 14 volunteers at a time and RPC plans to partner with them two times this year. If interested, please contact Cynthia Davis at cldavis56@gmail.com
RPC also volunteers with the Habitat ReStore in Concord, which is their retail warehouse that accepts donations of new and gently used building materials, furniture, home accessories, and appliances and sells them to the public at a fraction of the standard price. Typical volunteer duties include helping with store organization, retail inventory, cleaning and organizing, unloading donations from our trucks, and helping customers with their purchases. If you are interested, please contact Cynthis Davis at cldavis56@gmail.com to be placed on the list.
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RPC will partner with Riverview Middle School in Bay Point. RPC members will teach pickleball to sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at the middle school. Riverview Middle School is a Chapter 1 school due to its low-income families. We will go to the middle school on Thursdays to teach students pickleball.The club will have two sessions of instruction for the students, March-May 2025 and September-November 2025.To read a school district article about our club's success click here. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Danny Wong at dwonga.wong@gmail.com to get more information. Basic training will be provided to volunteers as requested.
RPC will also be sponsoring Family Day Fun where members can bring their kids and GRANDKIDS to have a family fun day learning pickleball while playing with other kids their age and skill level. Families are asked to bring a snack to share and the club will provide the instruction. Family fun dates are scheduled for May 18th, June 29th, September 28th and October 26th. Contact Danny Wong at (dwonga.wong@gmail.com) if you are interested in volunteering or have grandkids interested in participating.