The Long Beach Island Pickleball Friends is hosting its first fundraising event Aug. 10 (rain date Aug. 11) to benefit Compassion  Café, which provides meaningful employment and job training for adolescents and adults with disabilities, at the Nelson Avenue Pickleball Complex in Beach Haven.

Organizers said the event format was designed to bring the Island’s pickleball community together for fun but competitive play at three different skill levels – fun, feisty and formidable.