Salt Lake resident and Bar X Group member Ty Burrell has marching orders for locals in search of weekend plans: Dust off the paddles, stretch your achilles, and head to the Murray Sports Mall for a bit of friendly court side rivalry. Oh, and don’t forget your wallet. 

In partnership with local nonprofit WasteLess Solutions, Pickled For a Purpose is a community pickleball tournament welcoming all levels of athletes for a day of competition, good food and collective action. Proceeds benefit the organization’s mission to reduce food waste and redirect surplus food to neighbors in need, an effort Ty has a personal connection to: “My wife and I have always been sort of OCD about food waste, but we’ve learned a lot more about the other implications, like the amount of water that goes into one bell pepper or the travel and human hours—there’s so much involved to create something that just ends up in the garbage.

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