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Wiffle ball in Vienna
The Brian Bedell 2-Young Foundation will hold the 13th Annual Northern Virginia Wiffle Ball World Series on Saturday, Aug. 9 at Waters Field in Vienna. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Brian Bedell 2-Young Foundation supporting brain cancer research. Gates will open to the public at 8:30 a.m.Former Major League Baseball player Curtis Pride will throw out the first pitch at 9 a.m., followed by Town of Vienna Mayor Jane Seeman and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly, who will face off in a Home Run Derby. Forty-one teams will compete in an all-day tournament beginning at 10 a.m., and the finals will begin at 5 p.m.
Admission is $5; kids 7 and under are free. Other entertainment includes a raffle, moon bounces, carnival games, face painting and clowns. A native of Vienna, Bedell was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2003. He died in 2005, but the event created in his honor has raised more than $124,000 to brain cancer research. For more information, visit www.brianbedell.org.
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