The Pickleball Club (TPC), a premier, world-class, indoor pickleball facility and private membership club opening in Sarasota/Lakewood Ranch this winter, and the Play For Life Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to improving the health, minds and lives of youth, veterans and first responders, are celebrating National Pickleball Day on Monday, Aug. 8 with donations and demos at the Venice Fire Department and Senior Friendship Centers of Sarasota.

The Play For Life Foundation will be donating a Club-N-Box, a portable pickleball set containing nets, paddles, balls and instructional material on how to play, and doing a demonstration for firefighters at the Venice Fire Department, while The Pickleball Club will be hosting a demonstration and wellness session for visitors to Senior Friendship Centers of Sarasota. 

Monday, Aug. 8 from 9:00 - 10:30 am; Venice Fire Department; 112 Harbor Drive South, Venice, 34285. Monday, Aug. 8 from noon - 1 pm; Senior Friendship Centers of Sarasota, 1888 Brother Geenen Way, Sarasota, 34236.