13 Jun SMRC: Play Pickleball. Change a Life. Support SMRC, 6/28!
Play Pickleball. Change a Life. Support SMRC.
The San Miguel Resource Center (SMRC) is hosting “Play It Forward! Pickleball for a Purpose.” The event takes place Sunday, June 28th at the Telluride Racquet Club. All skill levels welcome — and every point you play supports SMRC’s 24/7 crisis hotline and youth prevention programs right here in our community.
All levels of play welcome. If you don’t have a racquet and balls, no worries. SMRC will supply one for you!
Register now at smrcco.org/events. Play it forward, Telluride!
To learn more about SMRC’s services or to donate directly, visit smrcco.org or call the 24-hour confidential helpline at 970-728-5660.
Go here for even more about the SMRC, going back to 2009.
This summer, everyone in the extended Telluride community and guests can enjoy a great day on the court and make a real difference for survivors right here in our community — because every dollar raised through SMRC’s upcoming pickleball event stays local and goes directly to people who need it most.
The San Miguel Resource Center provides free, confidential support to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That translates to emergency shelter, legal advocacy, therapy, safety planning, and a crisis line that’s always answered — across more than 2,000 square miles of San Miguel County, West Montrose County, and the Ridgway and Ouray school communities. The workload is up an astonishing 65% to date in 2026 compared the prior year.
But right now, that work is under threat.
Historically, 70% of SMRC’s revenue has come from local, state, and federal government funding. Those dollars are being cut with more cuts expected. Most painfully, SMRC has already lost $270,000 in dedicated funding over three years for its Youth Violence Prevention Education program, which teaches children in local schools about healthy relationships, communication, and consent.
The need hasn’t gone away.
The funding has.
Despite these pressures, SMRC has retained all staff and maintained full services. But sustaining that requires the community to step up.
That’s where you come in.
When you play in — or donate to — the pickleball event, you’re helping ensure that the next person who calls that crisis line at 2 a.m. gets an answer.
You’re helping a child in a local classroom learn that healthy relationships are possible. You’re getting a neighbor out of a violent home and into a new life.
This isn’t just fundraising. It’s a statement that this community takes care of its own.
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