Get your baseball mitt out of the closet - we're doing Pitch for Israel FULL SIZE again! Join a team to play round-robin games of slow-pitch softball on Sunday August 28 at Glenmore Athletic Park. Fundraise to support important social infrastructure projects in Israel. Breakfast snacks,lunch, team shirt and beverages are included. See below for additional opportunities this summer, with our YALLAH! Get Active for Israel event. 

Pitch for Israel starts at 8:00am with coffee and snacks and orientation, then we warm up at 8:45 and PLAY BALL from 9:15 until 3:00 or 4:00pm (depending on how far your team goes). Lunch is from 11:30-12:30. Bring your kids and we'll keep them busy with activities. You can buy extra lunches for family members too.

The teams are: 

Hebrew Nationals - captain: Tevie Lipton

The Moteks - captain: Larry Katz

Shekelball - captain: Harrison Zivot

Matzah Ballers - captain: Ben Grintuch

Dead Precedents v6 - captain: Aaron Bickman

Shvitz and Shout - captain: Michael Werner (Edmonton team)


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YALLAH! Get Active for Israel

In addition to Pitch for Israel, you can sign up for YALLAH! Get Active for Israel and use your time playing softball to travel virtually in Israel. Or run, bike, walk, roll, swim, row or yoga! Whatever you choose, log your activities, and watch yourself move along a map of your route. Any activity counts, even stationary machines! Our fitness platform, My Virtual Mission, converts your exercise into distance and keeps track of your progress along the route. Want to see where you are? Use the Google Streetview function to look around your location in Israel. There are many things to see along every route! For more information, click here.

Prizes

Everyone who completes a route gets something, but raising at least $500 gets you 10% of your fundraising dollars back to you in gift cards to national sports and health oriented stores like Sporting Life, Sports Experts, and more.