Welcome!

Dear Playing for Life Guest:

2010 is sure to be a year of change, as it marks the end of the first decade of the millennium. Among those changes are ones that will take established traditions and rework them to reflect modern times.

Take Playing for Life, for example. After a one-year hiatus, New York's gay and lesbian benefit softball tournament returns on Labor day weekend (September 3-6, 2010). While the event will be substantially the same as it has been since it was resurrected in 2003, the seventh edition will feature several exciting new elements in response to both the changing times and feedback from past participants.

One such change will be in the tournament's focus. Playing for Life 2010 will remain true to its established mission of bringing together gay and lesbian softball players from around the country and their friends to play ball, enjoy New York City and support a needy organization that services the LGBT community.

In the past, health or youth related groups like God's Love We Deliver and the Ali Forney Center have received funds raised by the tournament. However, in 2010, Playing for Life plans to raise funds for New York's chapters of SAGE: Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, an organization that has been helping and representing queer seniors since the late 70s.

Other planned changes include:

All of these plans are intended to make the Playing for Life experience more enjoyable and efficient for everyone.

We hope you are as excited about what should be a dynamic Playing for Life 2010 as we are!!! We look forward to seeing you again (or - if you are a newcomer - for the first time) at the end of the summer. Please feel free to check out the rest of the web site while you're here, and visit often between now and the big weekend.

See you in September!

Sincerely,

Mike D'Antonio & Anthony Giannoccora
Playing for Life 2010 Tournament Directors

Happy Holidays!
May you and yours be happy and healthy this season and into the new year.