BUTLER TWP — The Potter Tour is trying to set a Guinness world record Wednesday and Alameda Park will play a role in it.

Jeff Potter runs the Potter Tour, a group of kids from Pennsylvania and neighboring states put together to spend a summer month making stops in those regions to play pick-up baseball games, put on clinics and do charitable work in the community.

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, via numerous sites across the country coming together virtually, Potter hopes to break the Guinness record for most people playing catch with a baseball at one time.

The record is 1,944, set in Chicago in 2017.

“We've probably got 30 or 40 organized sites right now,” Potter said of Wednesday's event. “And a lot of people are doing their own thing, which is fine.

“People can go play catch in their backyard and be part of this effort. All they have to do is register.”

Butler's Alameda Park will be one of those sites.

Maribeth Wethli, an East Butler resident whose son, Gavin, is part of the Potter Tour, is coordinating the Alameda Park portion of this record attempt.

Anyone interested in participating may call Wethli at 724-290-7092 or email her at brownidegirl1015@gmail.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit CureSearch, an organization that does research on pediatric cancer.

Approximately 43 kids a day are diagnosed with this disease, which claimed the life of East Butler youth Wesley Zablocki six years ago.

“We're probably up to 600 people or more now (overall), that we know of, but I'm anticipating many more in the next day or so,” Potter said. “People like to procrastinate when it comes to these things.

“Whether we get this record or not, we're bringing people together and it's for a good cause. And we'll definitely do it again next year. We're going to build on this.”

Wethli said sign-ups have been slow at the Alameda Park site. Donations of $10 per adult and $5 per child 12-and-under are requested, but aren't mandatory.

“We've gotten 10 people so far, but we're hoping for more,” Wethli said. “The age range for us is already from ages 4 and 5 to senior citizens. Some have signed up to play catch with their grand-kids.”

Participants should arrive at Alameda Park by 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. People will line up to play catch in the open grass field near the sand volleyball court.

“I expect we'll be there a half-hour or so,” Wethli said.

Fifteen states are involved in the scheduled game of catch Wednesday night thus far “and I'm expecting three or four more states to come on board,” Potter said.

“My hope is we will raise $5,000 for CureSearch before this is all said and done.”

Potter is setting up a ZOOM meeting that will begin at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation will be live on the Potter Facebook page as well.

“We will be going to each site for about two minutes each, where we do interviews, ask about what baseball is like in their towns, how they got involved in this ... This is a celebration of baseball and people uniting together.

“I don't know if we'll get the record, but this will be fun.”