Home Runs for the Hungry - Charity Celebrity Baseball Game

Take me out to the ball game!

Join us at our 2nd annual Home Runs for the Hungry charity baseball event will be held on May 4 at Vintage Throne Stadium.

This is our signature event of the year and helps to keep our shelves stocked throughout the lean summer months.

This celebrity event mixes Barrie Baycat players past and present with top notch athletes from other sports and local celebrities with a passion to reduce hunger in Barrie in a fun game of 7-inning baseball.

Hosted by Ward 2 Councillor Craig Nixon and Baycats President Josh Matlow the game will be produced and televised live on Rogers TV.

Ticket prices are $10 each with kids under 12 free and can be purchased on our website at: 

https://www.barriefoodbank.org/home-runs-for-the-hungry/.

There will be a 50/50 draw courtesy of United Way Simcoe Muskoka. Tickets are $5 ea.

https://www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/uwc-sm

We’ll have door prizes between innings entertainment and even a best costume prize for those who show up in their Star Wars costume. After all it is on May The Fourth! 

Local celebs who will be stepping up to bat and swinging for the fences include:

Players from the Barrie Baycats

Players from the Barrie Colts

CTV Barrie personalities KC Colby Sarah Freemark and Dana Roberts

Rock 95 on-air personalities Ben McCully and Bryan Flannery

KoolFM’s Matt Miller

Mayor Alex Nutall and his pinch hitter Rob Thomson

Gary “Big Daddy" Goodridge former UFC fighter and super heavyweight boxing champ

Garvin Lewis world arm wrestling champ

Special Olympics champion athlete Kyle Shuttleworth

Deputy Chief of Police Rob Burke

Barrie’s own Poet Laurette Ty Thomas

a ton of city councilors MP's and MPP's like Craig Nixon Sergio Morales Ann-Marie Kungl Hon. Andrea Khanjin Hon John Brassard

local singer Kat Chabot with the Simcoe Youth Choir will be singing the anthem

and more being announced daily!

But wait that’s not all! The first 500 attendees get a gift certificate for a free Chick-Fil-A sandwich! 

Here's the link to our webpage for the event details:

https://www.barriefoodbank.org/home-runs-for-the-hungry/

Attendees are also encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to help us restock our shelves for the spring & summer.

See you out all at the ol' ball game! 

Host or Publisher Karen Shuh