Play
pickleball
for good

Kinship Farm extends our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made our first fundraiser - Play Pickleball for Good 2025 - such a success!

To our wonderful partners at MINT Pickleball, generous donors, enthusiastic pickleball players, raffle and auction participants, and the many old or new friends and families who came out to cheer and enjoy the day — thank you!

Your energy, kindness, and support helped us raise vital funds for our Grow Food for Good program. You have helped us continue to provide fresh produce, eggs, and hands-on food education to individuals and families in need across the North Shore.

Because of you, this event was more than a day on the Salem pickleball courts — it was a celebration in the spirit of community, relationship building connections, outdoor fun, and giving back. We couldn’t have done it without you!

— With sincere gratitude,

The Kinship Farm Team

Play pickleball for good is Kinship Farm's fundraiser for our Grow food for good program

Join us on Saturday, August 2, 2025 from 9am – Noon at the Salem Willows Pickleball Courts in Salem, MA. This is a very family-friendly location, with shaded grassy areas and arcade games nearby.

Please register by July 26 (see below).

It will be a morning of outdoor fun, community building, pickleball lessons, and tournament competition suited for every level. Whether you're a spectator, a beginner, or a seasoned pickleball player, if you want to be outside, meet new people, learn about and/or play pickleball, and support a good cause, this event is for you. All proceeds from our pickleball, raffle, and silent auction activities will go towards Kinship Farm Grow food for good (GFG) efforts to provide education about and expanded access to healthy, locally grown food for individuals and families in need on the North Shore.

Your donation and/or participation supports

  • Collecting excess produce from local backyard gardens in order to donate it to food pantries and thereby help families in need;
  • Collecting locally-grown fresh eggs from backyard flocks, also to donate to local food pantries;
  • Youth outdoor education through hands-on fostering of baby chicks whose eggs will eventually be donated through GFG;
  • Building outdoor gardens and installing indoor hydroponic grow towers at group homes and housing authority communities (for seniors and extra needs individuals) whose surplus is donated through GFG.

Registration and donations

Partners and sponsors

  • MINT Pickleball is joining us in hosting this event and providing lessons, plus selling paddles and clothing
  • Acord Food Pantry receives all of our produce and egg donations
  • Other partners: Follow this link for information about our additional partners including organizations who receive our gardens and grow towers

Tournament competition format: individual rotation

People should register individually, with no partner. Registrants will be asked to self-rate their pickleball skills and will be placed in pools accordingly. Pool play will be in a MINT pickleball derby format with points earned during multiple games to 9. Partners will be shuffled for every game. After each game, all players will record the number of points their team scored. The player in each pool who scores the most points in total wins their pool. If there are multiple pools at the same skill level, there will be a playoff round to determine bronze, silver, and gold winners. 

Recommended items to bring: protective eye wear, paddle, court shoes, other appropriate clothing, water, bug spray, and sunscreen.

Let’s rally together for good community, food, health, and hope — one good act, good point, and good game at a time. 💚