Leadership Modesto (LeMo) Class of 2024 is excited that you and/or your business are helping to sponsor our Pickleball Tournament on August 24, 2024. Thank you!

As a participant, you will be assigned to a team and notified when you register at the event. As a sponsor, you may have up to four (4) players participate in the tournament – either one team of four players or two teams of two players. Please respond to hbessoff@gmail.com in advance with the names and email addresses of your players and teams. We will ask every player to sign a participation waiver.

The event will be held at Beyer Park Tennis Courts, 3700 Beyer Park Dr, Modesto, CA 95355, USA. Registration opens at 7:30am, and game play begins at 8am. Players must bring their own paddles and any other play equipment needed. Lunch is included for players. There will also be a community lunch for purchase.

The tournament will follow the official rules of USA Pickleball and is likely to be Double Elimination depending on the number of participants. Once eliminated, teams may be eligible to play in a Redemption Bracket. Awards will be given to the first and second place teams in each bracket.

With your donation, our class has selected several important causes in the community to support:

Our lead project is The Awesome Spot Playground fountain. The Awesome Spot is a new inclusive playground at Beyer Park, and the fountain will provide drinking water in a fun and accessible environment. Inclusive play environments follow principles to remove physical and social barriers to allow all children to fully participate in play.
Camp Wokini, Community Hospice & Health Services’ overnight grief camp, is for any child or teen, ages 6-17, who has experienced the death of someone significant. Camp Wokini provides campers with a safe environment to explore their grief, learn lifelong coping skills and make lasting friendships with peers that have also experienced loss. LeMo Class of 2024 will sponsor at least one child to attend camp in the coming year.
Off The Air, a member of the Downtown Modesto Partnership & Modesto Downtown Improvement District, exists to serve as a champion for live independent music in Downtown Modesto. LeMo Class of 2024 plans to make a contribution to help support their cause.
Modesto Senior Citizens Center provides programs and activities for those aged 60 years and older in our community. They have been unable to keep pace with changing technology, and it is our intention to provide them with tablets to guide our seniors on how to utilize this type of technology for their day-to-day needs.

The Leadership Modesto program has a long track record for inspiring, growing and uniting high-quality leadership in our community. The primary objective is to identify and foster new and potential Modesto leaders through an intensive program that instills the knowledge and understanding of the many facets of community life and leadership.

We sincerely appreciate your participation and generous donation to our class project. This email serves as your Pickleball Tournament participantion and donation acknowledgement. Please see tax information below. If you have any questions about the tournament or your sponsorship, please contact Heather Bessoff, hbessoff@gmail.com or 860-514-0514.

Your support means the world to us! Without it, we would not be able to have the impact we would like to on our Modesto community. Thank you!

Very sincerely yours,

LeMo Class of 2024

Modesto Chamber of Commerce Foundation 501(c)(3) Tax ID# 92-0440471

The Modesto Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

No goods or services were provided in exchange for this contribution.

Leadership Modesto 2024 Pickleball Tournament

Team Members