Smash the Stigma Pickleball Classic

04/28/2026

These guys put the FUN in Fun Zone!
Their marquee always makes us laugh, and we want to thank them for donating 🍕 gobs of pizza this tournament for the staff and volunteers! Sorry about your tree, Pizza Ranch!!

04/10/2026

We want to give a HUGE shoutout to the team at Dakota Plains Commercial & Residential Real Estate for donating enough money for the bracket winners!! 🎾💙
With their generous donation,, and the other small business’ help, we can bring all of this to fruition. Are you ready to Smash The Stigma!? 🙌🙌

04/03/2026

GUESS WHO is bringing the sandwiches again this year! Our local Jersey Mike’s donates their time and sandwiches for such a great cause! Go give them some love ❤️ and we hope to see you there August 1!!

03/24/2026

👉🏼We’re not just bringing the competition… we’re bringing the recovery too!!
These two ladies from Optimal Performance will be at the tournament offering stretching and other body-loving modalities to help with mobility, stiffness, and all those kinks. They’re also bringing their normatec compression units for people to relax. Because warming up smarter and recovering better is part of playing better with these ladies.
Optimal Performance rocks!

03/23/2026

Whether you show up in jeans, church clothes or shorts and tanks, the game goes on.

03/17/2026

WWTSD? 👉🏼
That’s been our motto for a long time.
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03/16/2026

Here’s the official South Dakota AFSP board with some very familiar local faces.
These people work very hard at the top level to help support us in our Pickleball Tournament. 🎾 We’ve created our official Out of the Darkness Walk Team online. If you’ve been wanting to walk for the event, September 12th, we would love for you to walk alongside of us and hundreds of others. Smash the Stigma! 💙

Our South Dakota Chapter Board is made up of passionate volunteers from across South Dakota who are dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by su***de. We met last week to plan our future year, and we have some exciting programs on the horizon!

03/13/2026

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!
Official tournament date is booked.

We CANNOT WAIT for August 1st🩵💙🤍💚

03/11/2026

Due to a lot of interest, we have reopened a few “Break The Stigma” sponsorship spots for the tournament! 🙌🏽

We also still have other sponsorship opportunities available at the Raise Awareness and Start The Conversation levels.

If you’re interested in sponsoring, message a board member!🏓

03/09/2026

Here's the 2026 STSPC Board gearing up to put on another AMAZING tournament and fundraiser for Aberdeen!

We have limited sponsorship openings. If you are interested in any form of sponsorship or donation, please reach out!

Help us in August 2026
*official date coming soon
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02/03/2026

Aberdeen’s AFSP walk was recognized as a leader in the fundraising campaign!
You all helped make a difference! 💙💙

The South Dakota Chapter attended AFSP's National Chapter Leadership Conference, along with top volunteers from all 73 chapters, this weekend. The Aberdeen Area Walk was recognized as a Century Club Walk for raising over $100,000 to support our mission! Thanks to all the walk volunteers and walkers who made this possible!

09/06/2025

We did it 💙 Thanks to everyone that showed up, donated, and helped our team, and community, for our goal of raising almost $14k for Su***de Prevention.
We’re working on some other fun stuff for 2026. ✌️You all smashed it!