Project Down & Dirty is myTalk 107.1’s annual award-winning reality-show-on-the-radio that has raised over $1,000,000 for Twin Cities charities.
This year grab your paddles because we’re bringing you….Project Down & Dirty: Pickleball!
Each year the myTalk hosts are good sports and play along with whatever we put them up to, but we’ll see what happens when it involves the competition of an actual sport we make them play!
All hosts and producers will work together and broadcast together WHILE each show learns the game of pickleball, trains for competition, and develops the mental fortitude to get themselves out of a pickle and onto the podium as the championship team!
We’ll host an exhibition tournament with show versus show style brackets at Lucky Shots Pickleball Club in Northeast Minneapolis on October 13th.
This year we’ll discover who is the GOAT and who is just there to take one for the team. The ball is in their court now!
Stay tuned for ticket details because sports are nothing without spectators.
PD&D Pickelball Co-Sponsor
Jason & Alexis
Big Brothers Big sisters creates and supports mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Each year, we match over 2,500 kids (Littles) with adult volunteers (Bigs) in relationships that affirm who they are and allow them to explore who they want to be. All youth benefit from mentorship and the meaningful impact that relationship has on their families, the volunteers, and the collective community.
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Donna & Steve
Special Olympics Minnesota’s mission is to create a new world of inclusion and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities. We do this by providing year-round sports training and athletic competitions, inclusive healthcare programs, leadership and advocacy training, and inclusive school programs.
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Bradley & Dawn
"Brave Like Gabe” started as a hashtag to support professional runner Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald as she sought treatment for her third battle with an incurable rare salivary gland cancer in 2017.
As a professional runner and rare cancer advocate, Gabe founded The Brave Like Gabe Foundation to share her story, inspire others to connect and do the same, and to make a difference in the cancer community.
During her cancer journey, Gabe experienced firsthand many of the challenges faced by rare cancer patients and the need for dedicated research funding.
She also felt strongly that running and physical activity were like medicine during all phases of her cancer journey.
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Lori & Julia
SAVE was one of the nation’s first organizations dedicated to the prevention of suicide. Our work is based on the foundation and belief that suicide is preventable and everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide. SAVE's programs focus on two key services:
Training and educating community stakeholders & Providing grief support to those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Through raising public awareness, educating communities, and equipping every person with the right tools, we know we can SAVE lives.
Learn More about SAVE - Suicide Voices of Education
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