Siya Smiles fundraiser brings pickleball, tennis to Westfield park

Ashima Singla will turn Tamaques Park into a day of play and remembrance, using pickleball and tennis to raise money for families facing pediatric brain cancer while honoring her daughter, Siya Singla, who died in 2025 at age 13.

The Siya Smiles Foundation fundraiser is set for Sunday, June 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, with a rain date of Sunday, June 14. The event will be held at Tamaques Park in Westfield, a 106-acre municipal park on Lamberts Mill Road with eight tennis courts and three pickleball courts, a setup that fits the mixed-sport format built around the day.

Players will have several ways to take part. The program includes singles and doubles pickleball tournaments, along with red-ball tennis for beginners, giving families and casual players a lower-pressure entry point alongside more competitive brackets. Registration is priced at $25 for singles, $20 for doubles and $15 for red-ball tennis. Music and refreshments will round out the event, making it as much a community gathering as a competition.

The fundraiser carries a deeply personal mission. Siya Smiles was created to honor Siya Singla and to raise awareness and funding for DIPG, the rare and aggressive pediatric brain tumor the foundation says has limited treatment options. The foundation says Siya was diagnosed on December 29, 2023, after she complained of double vision and dizziness.

Proceeds from the tournament are slated for Seattle Children’s Hospital, the Run DIPG Foundation in Australia and Imagine, a Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside, New Jersey. The foundation says 100% of the funds generated from the tournament will go toward DIPG and other pediatric cancer research, tying every match and every registration fee directly to the cause.

For Westfield, the event turns a familiar park into something more intimate: a place where a social sport can carry a family’s grief, a town’s support and a clear fundraising mission in the same afternoon.