PORT ANGELES — A pickleball marathon at the Vern Burton Community Center last weekend netted $1,000 for the installation of a state-of-the-art playground in west Port Angeles, Shane Park Playground Committee President Janet Young reported.
The Pickle Primavera 2012 — billed as a pickleball celebration of spring — was just the latest in an ongoing effort to raise the $15,000 needed for concrete and remaining safety titles that will surround the 6,000-square-foot playset at Shane Park park between Sixth and Eighth streets and E and G streets.
Pickleball marathon
The pickleball marathon ran from 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday.
Pickleball is a racquet sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong.
A bunco dice game fundraiser — with a 50-50 raffle and prizes — will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
Tickets cost $12 and will be available at the door. Punch and a dessert bar will be provided.
The playground equipment will be installed on the northwest side of the park sometime this summer.
It features several slides, climbing walls, swings and an upside-down merry-go-round.
To date, about $131,000 has been raised for the project, with $51,000 coming from donations and another $81,000 from the city of Port Angeles.
The disassembled equipment arrived at a city storage area earlier this month.