Twins Community Fund donates more than $180,000 to renovate baseball and softball fields.
The Twins Community Fund’s Twins Fields for Kids program provides financial support to improve baseball and softball fields for youth. The program makes matching grants to non-profit organizations and local government units that operate baseball and softball programs. The Twins Fields for Kids program is supported by the Toro Company.
Since 1999, the Fields for Kids program has donated nearly $1.25 million to renovate more than 320 youth baseball and softball fields in the Upper Midwest, Southwest Florida and Latin America. This year the program donated more than $180,000 to 38 communities.
During a Twins pre-game ceremony in September, representatives from the communities were on hand to receive plaques which will be displayed at each of the renovated fields to signify the community’s participation in the Fields for Kids program. On hand to present the plaques were Stacy Bogart, Director of the Toro Company Giving Program and Dave Stead, Chair of the Minnesota Twins Community Fund Board of Directors.
The organizations that received grants were:
- Alburnett Community School District Foundation
- Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association
- Athens Township
- Britt Parks and Recreation Department
- Cedar Mountain ISD #2754
- City of Columbia
- Comfrey Public Schools
- East Twins Babe Ruth League, Inc
- Fillmore Central Schools
- Foley High School
- Forest Lake Baseball Association
- Forman Park Board
- Grafton Parks and Recreation
- Greenbush Middle River Community Baseball
- City of Hawarden
- Jesup Community Schools
- Kindred Youth Baseball Association
- Lancaster Public School
- Lyle Public Schools
- Manvel Park Board
- Monticello Girls Fastpitch Association
- Nevada Community School Foundation
- Orr Sports Club
- Pipestone Area Softball Baseball Association
- City of Plainview
- Riverdale High School
- Rolette Baseball
- Rothsay Community Education
- Royalton High School
- South High School Baseball Boosters
- Southwest Star Concepts Schools
- Thief River Falls Baseball Association
- Venezuelan Home Run Project
- W.A.V.E.
- Warroad Youth Baseball
- Washburn Park Board
- West Salem Youth Baseball
- WTA Baseball Association
Applications for 2008 Fields for Kids grants will be available in January 2008. For more information about the Fields for Kids program and the Twins Community Fund visit twinsbaseball.com under the “community” section.
Play Ball! Minnesota is a collaboration of Minnesota’s youth baseball and softball organizations working to improve the games of baseball and softball for Minnesota youth. The effort is funded by the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.
