Quintin Demps foundation hosts pickleball fundraiser for El Paso scholarships
Quintin Demps is turning pickleball into a scholarship engine in El Paso, with a June 27 fundraiser at Serve offering games, music, food and a $500 prize.
Former NFL safety Quintin Demps is putting a recognizable football name behind a pickleball night built to raise money for El Paso students. The Quintin Demps Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Fundraiser will mix tournament play with a $500 prize, music, food and drinks, raffles and giveaways at Serve, giving the event both a competitive edge and a casual entry point.
The fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Serve, 1633 Cimarron Emporium in El Paso. The foundation says no experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome, a detail that opens the event beyond regular players and makes the pickleball portion feel more like a citywide gathering than a closed bracket. General admission tickets are also available for people who want to come for the atmosphere without competing.
Demps launched the foundation in 2021 with the stated goal of helping at-risk youth in El Paso, and scholarships have become the centerpiece of that work. Over the course of three years, the foundation says it teamed up with Sun City Golf Company to award thousands of dollars in scholarships to college students. Its broader programs also include backpack and school-supply giveaways, youth sports sponsorships and mentorship for student-athletes, which helps explain why the pickleball fundraiser fits so naturally into its mission.
The event lands during a busy stretch for Demps’ profile in El Paso. Coverage in March 2026 said the foundation was entering its fifth year, and one example of its student support came through Yakira Torres, a senior at IDEA Mesa Hills College Prep, who received a laptop from the foundation. June 29 is also described in foundation-related coverage as Quintin Demps Day in El Paso, making the June 27 fundraiser part of the group’s Weekend of Impact around that late-June milestone.
The timing also reflects how firmly pickleball has taken hold in the city. El Paso added six dedicated courts at Skyline Optimist Youth Park in 2025, and the Sun Bowl Association’s first divisional pickleball tournament in El Paso drew 184 registrants, produced 251 matches and handed out $2,400 in cash prizes for professional divisions in March 2025. Nationally, USA Pickleball’s 2025 growth report says Pickleheads added more than 2,300 new places to play in 2025 and now lists 82,613 courts nationwide, while the Sports & Fitness Industry Association says 24.3 million Americans played pickleball in 2025. For El Paso, that scale is turning pickleball into a practical fundraising tool, and Demps is using it to send more students toward college.
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