We are excited to announce our local nonprofit community sponsor for the 2026 season: Beyond Hunger! This continues our annual tradition of recognizing outstanding charitable organizations in our community, including Wonder Works Children’s Museum, ChadTough Defeat DIPG, and Opportunity Knocks.

Beyond Hunger is a well-known and highly respected organization that has provided hunger-relief programming and services across Cook County for more than 45 years. Their mission centers on ensuring individuals and families have access to the food, resources, knowledge, and skills needed to live healthy, active lives.

Their impactful work includes:

• Providing emergency food to families in need

• Offering summer meals for kids who may otherwise go without when school is out

• Connecting individuals to valuable benefits such as SNAP (“food stamps”)

• Delivering nutrition education and cooking classes to help combat chronic illness

• Distributing groceries to homebound older adults

We are proud to partner with Beyond Hunger this season and support the meaningful work they do every day.

As an organization, our goal is to sponsor a minimum of three teams—one t-ball, one baseball, and one softball team. If you are interested in participating in the sponsorship drive, there are a couple of ways you can contribute: