

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Grand Slam Border Showdown
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am – Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Grand Slam Border Showdown – A Unified Softball Fundraiser
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: The J – Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
5801 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211

It's Missouri vs. Kansas in a friendly showdown for a powerful cause! 
Join Special Olympics Kansas and Special Olympics Missouri for the annual Grand Slam Border Showdown — a unified softball tournament that brings together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team for a day of inclusion, camaraderie, and competition.

Whether you're swinging the bat or cheering from the sidelines, this is a can't-miss event full of heart, hustle, and home runs — all in support of the mission to create a more inclusive world through sport.

Unified teams: Athletes will be paired with partners from their state
Friendly competition: Kansas vs. Missouri bragging rights are on the line!
Fundraiser: All proceeds benefit Special Olympics programs in both states

Mark your calendars and join us for a day of fun, friendship, and fierce softball!
Register: https://charity.pledgeit.org/c/uzRApOBoYr

Contact for questions: Ryan Warren – warrenr@soks.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/overland-park/the-grand-slam-border-showdown/200028255499744
- **Event Categories**: sports, nonprofit, tournaments, charities, calendar
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://charity.pledgeit.org/c/uzRApOBoYr?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=overland+park-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Overland Park
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 5801 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211-1800, United States
- **lat**: 38.9184
- **long**: -94.65276
- **full address**: 5801 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211-1800, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Special Olympics Kansas KC Metro Region (https://allevents.in/org/special-olympics-kansas-kc-metro-region/22382951)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/1b7efdf379bb25c54e6672804d062ded1399f787636acbf25c464bf48a65e0d9-rimg-w300-h300-dc91a765-gmir?v=1749184845

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 5801 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211-1800, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Special Olympics Kansas KC Metro Region
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, nonprofit, tournaments, charities, calendar
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Grand Slam Border Showdown ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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