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M-DCPS TO HOLD GROUNDBREAKING TO REFURBISH FOOTBALL FIELD Beach High alumnus and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross makes donation for school’s field MIAMI - Miami-Dade County Public Schools will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at Miami Beach Senior High on Saturday, June 5, 8:30 a.m., for the refurbishing of its football field, which is being funded by alumnus and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross and by a grant from the Miami Dolphins through the National Football League Grassroots Program. A youth football clinic will take place from 9-10 a.m. following the ceremony, featuring Ross, Dolphins CEO Mike Dee and Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne. Ross donated $82,000 to his alma mater, which was matched by the $82,000 grant from the Dolphin’s organization. The $164,000 total donation will cover costs to refurbish the natural turf of the field, which currently is not in use because of its poor condition. Once refurbished, the new field will serve more than 2,000 students and multiple recreational youth football leagues. Completion is scheduled for this coming September. The grant to Miami Dade-County Public Schools awarded by the Dolphins, the NFL Youth Football Fund and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), is part of $2.5 million in field refurbishment awards allocated this year. The NFL Grassroots Program, a partnership between the NFL Youth Football Fund and LISC, the nation’s leading community development support corporation, has resulted in the construction or renovation of 225 football fields nationwide in the past 12 years. During that time, the NFL Youth Football Fund has granted more than $28 million to revitalize playing fields in underserved neighborhoods. Fields are newly built or significantly renovated, with improvements such as irrigation systems, lights, bleachers, scoreboards, goal posts and turf. For further information, contact Jason Jenkins, Miami Dolphins Media Relations, 954-452-7174 or 954-290-6864. # # # 10-JS/178/HD |
