Project Main Street 8th Annual Roosevelt Island Tim Sheehy Softball Classic To Support Individuals And Families Battling ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease Taking Place Sunday October 6 At Pony Field

The 8th annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic fundraiser

to support individuals and families battling ALS Lou Gehrig's disease will take place Sunday October 6 at Roosevelt Island's Pony Field.

According to Project Main Street:

The 8th Annual Tim Sheehy Classic will be held at 9 am on Sunday, October 6th 2024 at Pony Field on Roosevelt Island.

Join us for a meaningful and fun day of softball as we come together to support a cause near and dear to us: raising funds for ALS patient care. The Tim Sheehy Classic is not just another fundraiser; it’s a tribute to the spirit of community, nostalgia, and hope.

This event holds a special place in our hearts as we gather not just to play, but to remember and make a difference. Whether you’re playing, fundraising, or cheering on a team, your presence and support are invaluable.

Click the link below to make a donation to your favorite player as they raise money towards their team’s fundraising goal:

Tim Sheehy Classic Leaderboard

See you on the field!

Between games at the 2021 Softball Classic, founding Project Main Street Board Member Michael Rosen welcomed everybody coming out to support Project Main Street and spoke about his Roosevelt Island friend Tim Sheehy. According to Mr Rosen:

I want to thank everybody for coming out to the Tim Sheehy Classic to benefit Project Main Street.

Project Main Street as most of you know is an ALS charity. We support people living with ALS.

We were founded by Tim Sheehy, a childhood friend of most of ours, a long time Roosevelt Island resident who cared about helping other people at a time when nobody would have felt bad if he was just thinking about himself.

But when Tim was diagnosed with ALS he was concerned with helping other people with ALS even after he was gone. He put together Project Main Street.

The connection to Roosevelt Island is obvious. Most of the founders and the people that have worked on Project Main Street are from Roosevelt Island. The name itself is dedicated to Roosevelt Island. This is a Roosevelt Island-born charity that has helped people since 2006 across the country.

Together this small volunteer organization that Tim Sheehy conceived in his mind has raised over 1.5 million dollars for people. So today we're talking about Project Main Street. We're talking about ALS.

We're also talking about Roosevelt Island because this is what makes this event so special to us. To come out here on the field that we used to play on when we were kids. To see all of our old friends together not just getting together but getting together to do something good for society is so meaningful to us and to have all the new friends that come here that are not from Roosevelt Island but have joined this family and become part of the Roosevelt Island Project Main Street family.

We thank you....

Here are some scenes from the 2021 Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic game at Capobianco Field.

Chicago Cubs play by play announcer Jon "Boog" Sciambi grew up with Tim Sheehy on Roosevelt Island.

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Mr Sciambi talks about his friend Tim Sheehy and Project Main Street in this June 2021 interview.

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If you would like to make a donation or seek more information, please visit the Project Main Street website or Instagram page.

Project Main Street 7th Annual Roosevelt Island Tim Sheehy Softball Classic To Support Individuals And Families Battling ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease Taking Place Saturday May 6 At Capobianco Field - Fundraising Gala Thursday May 4 With Live Performance By Roosevelt Islander Grandmaster Dee

This week is the annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Fundraising Gala

and Softball Classic at  Roosevelt Island's Capobianco Field  

to support individuals and families battling ALS Lou Gehrig's disease.

According to Project Main Street:  

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for those afflicted with ALS by providing direct financial assistance. We are the only non-profit, all-volunteer organization that provides direct financial assistance to people struggling with ALS. We have proudly raised over 2 million dollars since 2006! It is annual fundraising events like these, the Project Main Street Gala and the Tim Sheehy Softball Classic, that help us achieve such goals! 

Gala: Thursday May 4th @ The Prince George Ballroom 6pm-11pm

Tim Sheehy Softball Classic: Saturday May 6th @ Capabianco Field 9am - 5pm.

Here are links to purchase Gala tickets, directions on how to participate & donate to the Tim Sheehy Softball Classic and to become a Sponsor. 

Between games at the 2021 Softball Classic, founding Project Main Street Board Member Michael Rosen welcomed everybody coming out to support Project Main Street and spoke about his Roosevelt Island friend Tim Sheehy. According to Mr Rosen:

I want to thank everybody for coming out to the Tim Sheehy Classic to benefit Project Main Street.

Project Main Street as most of you know is an ALS charity. We support people living with ALS.

We were founded by Tim Sheehy, a childhood friend of most of ours, a long time Roosevelt Island resident who cared about helping other people at a time when nobody would have felt bad if he was just thinking about himself.

But when Tim was diagnosed with ALS he was concerned with helping other people with ALS even after he was gone. He put together Project Main Street.

The connection to Roosevelt Island is obvious. Most of the founders and the people that have worked on Project Main Street are from Roosevelt Island. The name itself is dedicated to Roosevelt Island. This is a Roosevelt Island-born charity that has helped people since 2006 across the country.

Together this small volunteer organization that Tim Sheehy conceived in his mind has raised over 1.5 million dollars for people.  So today we're talking about Project Main Street. We're talking about ALS. 

We're also talking about Roosevelt Island because this is what makes this event so special to us. To come out here on the field that we used to play on when we were kids. To see all of our old friends together not just getting together but getting together to do something good for society is so meaningful to us and to have all the new friends that come here that are not from Roosevelt  Island but have joined this family and become part of the Roosevelt Island Project Main Street family. 

We thank you....

And some scenes from the game.

Chicago Cubs play by play announcer Jon "Boog" Sciambi grew up with Tim Sheehy on Roosevelt Island. Mr Sciambi talks about his friend Tim Sheehy and Project Main Street in this June 2021 interview.

If you would like to make a donation or seek more information, please visit the Project Main Street website or Instagram Page.

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Scenes From Today's Roosevelt Island Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic To Benefit Families With ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease

The 6th annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic to benefit individuals and families battling ALS Lou Gehrig's disease was held today at Roosevelt Island's Capobianco Field.

Between games today, Founding Project Main Street Board Member Michael Rosen welcomed everybody coming out to support Project Main Street and spoke about his Roosevelt Island friend Tim Sheehy. Here's a little bit of what Mr Rosen said and a few plays from the softball game. (Will have more video tomorrow).

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Project Main Street's Special Honoree this year was Drew "Grandmaster Dee" Carter from the legendary Hip Hop group Whodini who grew up on Roosevelt Island and his mom still lives here. (Will have video from him too).

This evening, there was a fundraising auction and celebration at The Sanctuary too.

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More info at post yesterday. If you would like to make a donation or seek more information, please visit the Project Main Street website.

UPDATE 10/18 - More from Mike Rosen's welcoming yesterday:

I want to thank everybody for coming out to the Tim Sheehy Classic to benefit Project Main Street.

Project Main Street as most of you know is an ALS charity. We support people living with ALS.

We were founded by Tim Sheehy, a childhood friend of most of ours, a long time Roosevelt Island resident who cared about helping other people at a time when nobody would have felt bad if he was just thinking about himself.

But when Tim was diagnosed with ALS he was concerned with helping other people with ALS even after he was gone. He put together Project Main Street.

The connection to Roosevelt Island is obvious. Most of the founders and the people that have worked on Project Main Street are from Roosevelt Island. The name itself is dedicated to Roosevelt Island. This is a Roosevelt Island-born charity that has helped people since 2006 across the country.

Together this small volunteer organization that Tim Sheehy conceived in his mind has raised over 1.5 million dollars for people.  So today we're talking about Project Main Street. We're talking about ALS. 

We're also talking about Roosevelt Island because this is what makes this event so special to us. To come out here on the field that we used to play on when we were kids. To see all of our old friends together not just getting together but getting together to do something good for society is so meaningful to us and to have all the new friends that come here that are not from Roosevelt  Island but have joined this family and become part of the Roosevelt Island Project Main Street family. 

We thank you....

Here's the full video from yesterday's Project Main Street ceremony 

and some plays from the softball game.

Project Main Street 6th Annual Roosevelt Island Tim Sheehy Softball Classic To Benefit Individuals And Families Battling ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease Taking Place Sunday October 17 At Capobianco Field

The 6th annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic to benefit individuals and families battling ALS Lou Gehrig's disease is taking place tomorrow, October 17 at Roosevelt Island's Capobianco Field.

This Sunday in NYC, help those living with ALS via https://t.co/hNJmfFdzeX ANYTHING HELPS, all $$ goes to those living with ALS pic.twitter.com/DdkYsTk52B

— ProjectMainst (@PMS4ALS) October 12, 2021

According to Project Main Street:

Our Softball event is coming up for @PMS4ALS on October 17…all $$ goes to those living with ALS. Fundraising for Project Main Street https://t.co/86YFKiUWBu

— Jon Sciambi (@BoogSciambi) October 11, 2021

Chicago Cub play by play announcer Jon "Boog" Sciambi grew up with Tim Sheehy on Roosevelt Island. Mr Sciambi talks about his friend Tim Sheehy and Project Main Street in this June 2021 inteview.

If you would like to make a donation or seek more information, please visit the Project Main Street website.

Congrats To Local Roosevelt Island Kid Jon "Boog" Sciambi Named TV Play By Play Announcer For Chicago Cubs - Hosts Annual Project Main Street Fundraising Softball Game For ALS Families At Capobianco Field In Memory Of His Roosevelt Island Friend Tim Sheehy

Congrats to local Roosevelt Island kid Jon "Boog" Sciambi being named the Chicago Cubs play by play TV announcer

Well, here we go...so excited for this!

— Jon Sciambi (@BoogSciambi) January 4, 2021

According to Marquee Sports Network press release:

Marquee Sports Network today announced the hiring of Jon “Boog” Sciambi as the Chicago Cubs television play-by-play announcer. Sciambi has served in numerous roles with ESPN since joining the network fulltime in 2010, most prominently as the voice of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for MLB on ESPN Radio, and as the regular play-by-play voice on Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts for ESPN since 2014. ...

Boog Sciambi returns every year to Roosevelt Island for the annual Project Main Street ALS fundraising softball game at Capobianco Field in memory of his friend, Roosevelt Islander Tim Sheehy.

Tim Sheehy Classic. Roosevelt Island. @PMS4ALS pic.twitter.com/yXuHNQxrM1

— Jon Sciambi (@BoogSciambi) June 2, 2018

                    ESPN's Jessica Mendoza With Boog In Background At 2017 Roosevelt Island Project Main Street Softball Game

Sports Illustrated has more from 2018 on Jon Sciambi's work with Project Main St:

For those who grew up on Roosevelt Island, it was just like being back in Little League. 

They were playing ball with their friends at Tony Capobianco Field, the park they grew up playing at. They still talked to friends and family through the fence as they waited for their turn to bat. If they shanked a foul ball down the first base line, with some luck they could see the ball splash into the East River. The only difference was why they were there. 

The Fourth Annual Tim Sheehy Softball Classic was this past Saturday, and was the second half of a week of fundraising efforts by Project Main St. and Team Gleason. The two organizations seek to improve the quality of life for individuals living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease....

and learn about Project Main Street's Roosevelt Island origins from this podcast interview with Jon Sciambi.

Congrats again to Roosevelt Islander Jon "Boog" Sciambi, 

boog is going to be absolutely fantastic in chicago pic.twitter.com/N6jOcNYKuu

— DOM (@DOM_Frederic) January 4, 2021

the new Chicago Cubs play by play TV announcer.

Aaron Boone Visits Roosevelt Island Last Spring, Aaron Boone Named NY Yankee Manager Yesterday - The Magic Of Roosevelt Island?

Last spring, Aaron Boone was one of the former Major League Baseball players participating in the The Third Annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic to benefit people with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) held at Roosevelt Island's Capobianco and Firefighters Field

I spotted him walking on Main Street looking a little bit lost but in good spirits and he kindly gave a thumbs up.

Yesterday, Aaron Boone was introduced as the next manager of the NY Yankees.

"I want to be a part of putting together & chasing down a championship" - New York Yankees Manager, @AaronBoone pic.twitter.com/qNlvXqEXEq

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) December 6, 2017

No Yankee fan will ever forget this moment.

Will we see more Aaron Boone magic with the @Yankees? pic.twitter.com/OOYkiZB3p3

— MLB (@MLB) December 4, 2017

Welcome to the Yankees Aaron Boone and come back to Roosevelt Island soon.

Project Main Street And Team Gleason Team Up For 3rd Annual Roosevelt Island Tim Sheehy Softball Tournament To Benefit People With Lou Gehrig's Disease Saturday May 20 - 10 Games, Home Run Derby, Former Major League Players And ESPN Personalities Attending

The Third Annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic to benefit people with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) will be held at Roosevelt Island's Capobianco and Firefighters Field Saturday, May 20 from 9:45 AM - 5 PM.

This year,  Project Main Street has teamed up with Team Gleason for the May 20 Softball Tournament.


According to the Tim Sheehy Softball Tournament web site:

...The goal of this tournament is to raise money in the fight against ALS as inspired by Tim Sheehy. Tim fought a courageous battle against ALS before his death in 2007; and like Steve Gleason, he saw the need to help those living with ALS by providing care. He created a 501(c)3 - Project Main Street that raised more than $1 million dollars to this mission from 2006-2016. We are fortunate Project Main Street now continues this mission in a partnership with and for Team Gleason....

More information on how you can support a player or team in the Tim Sheehy Softball Tournament here.

Roosevelt Island resident Justin Towey reports:

Help me raise money for Team Gleason and Project Main St...Fight ALS!

Our Founder, Architect & Inspiration: Tim Sheehy

Project Main St, named after Roosevelt Island's Main Street, and its mission were conceived entirely by Tim Sheehy during his own courageous battle with ALS. Tim, who grew up on Roosevelt Island, never stopped working on Project Main St. and his desire to help others grew stronger, even as his illness progressed. On April 23, 2007 Tim Sheehy, 38, succumbed to ALS, but not before seeing his vision of a support system for families struggling with this debilitating neurological disease become a reality.

Tim will forever be loved and missed – it is in his honor that Project Main St. continues through a new strategic partnership with Team Gleason!

Mr. Towey adds:

... On Saturday we have 10 softball teams competing at both Fireman's field and Capobianco field throughout the day. We will have 2 former MLB players on each team and plan to have a home run derby of ex MLB players at approx 12:30....

Click here to help support Mr. Towey's efforts to raise funds for Team Gleason and Project Main Street.

Here's more on Tim Sheehy and Project Main Street from the 2016 Softball Tournament



and Team Gleason.

Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic To Benefit People With ALS Disease Saturday July 25 At Roosevelt Island's Capobianco Field

The First Annual Project Main Street Tim Sheehy Softball Classic to benefit people with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) will be held at Roosevelt Island's Capobianco Field Saturday July 25 from 9 AM - 9 PM.

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Project Main Street:

... strives to improve the quality of life for individuals afflicted with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their families by lessening the financial burden associated with this dreadful disease.

Project Main St. at a glance:

• Issues grants directly to ALS patients in need
• Organizes unique Fundraising events that bring friends, families and neighbors together
• Eliminates red tape whenever possible
• Works with healthcare professionals to identify those in need

Project Main St, named after Roosevelt Island's Main Street, and its mission were conceived entirely by Tim Sheehy during his own courageous battle with ALS. Tim, who grew up on Roosevelt Island, never stopped working on Project Main St. and his desire to help others grew stronger, even as his illness progressed. On April 23, 2007 Tim Sheehy, 38, succumbed to ALS, but not before seeing his vision of a support system for families struggling with this debilitating neurological disease become a reality.
Tim will forever be loved and missed – it is in his honor that Project Main St. continues.

Please click here for more information on Project Main Street, to make a donation and if you or someone you know has ALS and needs help.

Here's more on the ALS disease and research progress.