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St. Aloysius Catholic Elementary School was one of 14 projects awarded funds through the Jays Care Foundation Field of Dreams initiative.
The money will be used to renew and upgrade the baseball diamond at the school with a new infield, covered dugouts, fencing and more, said a post on the St. Aloysius Facebook page.
According to the Field of Dreams website, "Field Of Dreams made possible by TD is Jays Care's granting program that provides funding to design, refurbish and build local baseball diamonds in communities across the country.
"Field Of Dreams diamonds are created to be safe and inclusive spaces where communities can connect, and kids can grow. In past 10 years, Jays Care has invested nearly $15 million into 163 Field Of Dreams diamonds across 10 provinces and two territories.
This year there were 14 projects that received a combined $1.5 million.
Criteria are:
- Must be a charitable organization, nonprofit baseball association, municipality or First Nation
- Must be using the grant to build within Canada
- Must have the project complete within 12-18 months of receiving funding approval
- Must be dealing with infrastructure that directly supports children and youth facing barriers
- Must be able to provide audited financial statements from the past year, or most recent
- Must be able to provide detailed quotes for all aspects of the project (required for the second phase)
- Must be able to provide all applicable municipality and work permits, where required
