Stepping Stone Housing will be conducting a tennis tournament on Feb. 7 to raise money for affordable housing in Lincoln County. The round robin tournament is called “Serving to End Homelessness” and will be held at the YMCA in Damariscotta from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of the organizing committee are Seth Meyer, tennis pro from Midcoast Recreation Center, Carolyn Neighoff, secretary of Stepping Stone Housing, Liliana Thelander and Lori Bailey.

The committee is looking for tennis players in the 3.0 to 4.0 skill range to enter the tournament. The entry fee will be a donation to Stepping Stone in the suggested amount of $20. Anyone who would like to sign up to play in the “Serving to End Homelessness” tournament may call Liliana at 207-882-6053 or email her at lilianathelander@hotmail.com. There is a limit of 24 players for the round robin event.

The committee is also seeking individuals, organizations or businesses to be sponsors of the tournament. The sponsorship fee is $500, which will be a donation to Stepping Stone Housing. Interested sponsors, or anyone who would like to help, should call Carolyn Neighoff at 207-650-7990 or email her at neighoff@roadrunner.com.

The committee’s goal is to get 10 sponsors to raise funds to help with the building of a duplex on the Blue Haven property in Damariscotta. Stepping Stone Housing is an organization that provides housing to persons not making a living wage. Started in 2013, the group seeks to work with homeless individuals or those is substandard housing who are in need of adequate housing in Lincoln County.

Currently Lincoln County has no shelters for emergency housing of individuals or families. Stepping Stone has four small houses and a Tiny House and is raising funds to build a duplex. Tenants are expected to pay up to 30 percent their income and will be given help to improve their life situation.

There will be more information available at the tournament. The public is welcome to attend. All donations are welcome.