Hundreds of area children, with thoughts
of homeruns and fastballs, came to the
Oak Park JCC for the Neighborhood
Project-sponsored Baseball Bonanza,

T

he Jewish Corn-
munity Center's
Jimmy Prentis Mor-
ris Building was
turned into baseball
haven March 29
when hundreds of children
and adults turned up for the
Neighborhood Project's se-
cond annual indoor Baseball
Bonanza.
The afternoon offered ball
players in grades one
through six a clinic on bat-
ting, fielding, throwing and
running. There was also an
opportunity to meet former
Tiger outfielder Gates
Brown as well as take part
in a Baseball Trivia Con-

test. The winners received
tickets to future Tigers'
games.

And of course, there were
baseball cards to be had,
plenty of them, to be traded
and collected.

(Clockwise) Avrahum
Waldman is the happy
winner of Tiger tickets;
Rachel Daskal, Sruli
Daskal, Lazer Daskal
and Bracha Daskal sign
in for the clinic; Tali Apt
and Chris Slater wait
their turn at bat; former
Tiger Gates Brown was
on hand to sign
autographs.

"We want to showcase our
community, and this is a
wonderful way to do it," said
Neighborhood Project direc-
tor Rhoda Raderman.
"We're about families, and
baseball is a way we can
bring our families together.
Also, baseball is a tradition
that everyone, be they Or-
thodox, Reform or Conser-
vative, can enjoy." ❑

THF DFTROIT ,IFWISH NFWS 101