PALS only focuses on softball--no other sports--and we understand what players are looking for in a league. We provide USA Softball trained and registered umpires for all games as well as access to equipment (including wooden bats for men and composite bats for women/non-binary players). All teams also receive 15 t-shirts and a score book at the start of the season. The season’s League Champions receive long sleeve championship t-shirts and a trophy. We also host All Star games at the end of each season.

At PALS, teams are encouraged to socialize both on and off the field and we promote a welcoming atmosphere of inclusion, good sportsmanship, and fair play at all times. We offer end of the season celebrations and awards, and teams are welcome and encouraged to spend time at the field before and after games. Our group volunteer outings and international softball service trips also offer the opportunity for players from different teams to get to know one another off of the field.

PALS supports a range of non-profit organizations committed to local and international causes through monetary donations, in-kind contributions, and volunteer efforts. A portion of league fees are donated each season and we also collect additional monetary and in-kind donations from our very generous players at the field and at our end of the season parties. We also host group volunteer outings at least twice a year. In 2019, we started offering international softball service trips and have partnerships in Belize and Sierra Leone. In 2023, we incorporated our non-profit charitable arm Change Up Sports to expand our community partnerships and inititatives to increase access to softball and baseball and you can learn more here!

In July of 2019, we hosted our first ever softball service trip to Belize to support local efforts to expand access to softball and baseball for youth and adults in partnership with the Belize City Softball Association (BSCA). A team of 19 representatives from PALS facilitated youth softball clinics for over 100 young people and--through team fundraising efforts and partnerships--donated 1,200 pounds of equipment to enable the start of softball programs at ten primary schools and the youth detention center in Belize City. In 2021, we returned to facilitate USA Quickball clinics in coordination with four community sports clubs for over 100 young people on the southside of Belize City and donated over 600 pounds of equipment.

Our weekly games take place at the Mill Creek Recreation Center and, since 2012, we have supported a range of youth programming run by the Center as well as the neighborhood organization Men of Mill Creek, including the after-school Bravo Hood program and the Tommie C. Howell T-Ball Camp. We also sponsor the trophies and t-shirts for the Tommie C. Howell summer basketball camp and Norman Pennock mini basketball camp, run by Men of Mill Creek. In 2021, we purchased and donated a new infrared thermometer for the newly-opened Lucien E. Blackwell Center next to the field as well as 72 new schoolbags that were distributed at the Mill Creek 9/11 Community Event.

We have supported animal welfare organizations and shelters throughout Philadelphia and beyond through league fees and player donations. In February 2019, we hosted a group volunteer outing at ACCT Philly, the City's only open intake animal shelter, and in August 2020, we hosted a group volunteer outing at Diamonds in the Ruff Dog Rescue. While in Belize in 2019, we volunteered with and donated funds to several organizations including the Cayo Animal Welfare Society (CAWS), the Caye Caulker Animal Shelter, the SAGA Humane Society, and the Belize Raptor Center. In addition, while in Sierra Leone in 2022, we donated 470 pounds of supplies and medication as well as funds to the Sierra Leone Animal Welfare Society (SLAWS), LEAD-SL, and Compassionate Paws.

In October 2021 and 2022, we hosted the Philly Cheesesteak Classic charity softball tournament at Pennypack on the Delaware benefitting Pitch In For Baseball + Softball! After two years, this two-day, six-game guaranteed, mixed-gender charity slow-pitch softball tournament raised a total of $5,207 to support PIFBS's mission of eliminating barriers to baseball and softball by providing equipment directly to leagues, schools, and organizations around the world who are most in need. PIFBS has provided equipment grants to our initiatives in Belize and Sierra Leone and we are honored to be able to return the support!

Since 2021, we have been honored to sponsor a team in the past three Kicking Out Transphobia Soccer Tournaments to show our support for trans rights and trans inclusion in sports. The tournament has benefited the non-profits Morris Home, PA Rainbow Room, Attic Youth Center, and Galaei, and we were so happy to have players from the City of Brotherly Love Softball League and the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League join PALS players as part of the PALS team in past tournaments.

In June 2024, we joined the Fairmount Park Conservancy and 12 other inclusive and/or LGBTQ+ sports leagues for the first-ever Pride in the Park LGBTQ+ Field Day in Fairmount Park! The event offered a fun-filled day of friendly competition while promoting camaraderie and community in a safe and welcoming space. It was awesome to partner with our friends at Fairmount Park Women’s+ Softball League and City of Brotherly Love Softball League as well as our team of volunteers to host the softball activities including a dunk tank, throwing station, hitting station, and an info table giving out free healthy snacks.

In June 2023, we participated in a group volunteer outing with the Camden County NJ Miracle League (CCNJML) at Boundless Field in Cherry Hill. The Miracle League, a program of the non-profit Build Jake's Place, provides the opportunity for both children and adults with disabilities to play baseball, and we spent the morning being buddies of the participating players on the field. We helped out with two games–one for players 12 and under and one for players 13 and up–and could not have had more fun. This was our second outing with the CCNJML, having previously volunteered with them in 2017.

In April 2023, we took part in a group volunteer outing with Gateway Horseworks, a non-profit located in Malvern that incorporates horses into mental health treatement for people. We helped with spring cleaning projects around the farm and had the chance to learn more about their approach to equine-assisted therapy. We also got the chance to meet four horses, a pony, and a barn cat named Boots.

In January 2023, as part of MLK Day of Service, we participated in a group volunteer outing with Books Through Bars (BTB) to select and pack books from BTB's library in response to requests from people who are currently incarcerated. Books Through Bars is a volunteer-run non-profit based in West Philly that has been providing free books to people who are incarcerated in the six-state region (Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) for over 30 years.