JAYS CARE FOUNDATION, the charitable arm of the TORONTO BLUE JAYS, will join elite youth baseball teams from across Canada to kick-off the 2016 Little League Canadian Championship. The host, Hastings Community Little League, was awarded a $150,000 Jays Care "Field of Dreams" grant to refurbish the baseball field at Hastings Community Park in order to host the tournament.
 
WHAT:            Grand opening of the new baseball field at Hastings Community        Park
                       
WHO:              Acting Mayor Raymond Louie, City of Vancouver
                        Sarah Kirby-Yung, Chair, Vancouver Park Board
Robert Witchel, Executive Director, Jays Care Foundation
                        Richard Saunders, Hastings Community Little League
              
WHEN:           Thursday, August 4, 2016
                        12:00 pm PT
 
WHERE:        Hastings Community Park, 3100 E. Pender St. Vancouver, BC (across the street from PNE Playland)
 
PARKING:     Restricted residential parking in the area. There is pay parking available at the PNE or on the southeast corner of Hastings St. and Renfrew St.