The Amazin’ Mets Foundation announced it is contributing more than $445,000 to renovate Baseball Field 10 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
The private-public partnership will provide local youth with a high-quality baseball field to enjoy, and compliments the Amazin’ Mets Foundation’s youth baseball initiatives, including“The Amazin’ Mets Foundation is committed to supporting our neighbors in Queens and expanding access to the sport of baseball,” said Alex Cohen, president of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation. “We are proud to sponsor the renovation of Baseball Field #10 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Pete Flynn, the late Irish-born legendary Mets groundkeeper at Shea Stadium and Citi Field would have shuddered at the state of Baseball Field #10 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and now, the Amazin’ Mets Foundation is going to fix it. In recent weeks, Cohen cut the ribbon marking the opening of the new $5 million Cohen Family Wellness Center in Woodside, operated by The Child Center of New York based in Forest Hills. The Amazin’ Mets Foundation also arranged a bedside visit by former Mets reliever Turk Wendell at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where 22-year-old rookie cop Brett Boller, of the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, was recovering from several life-saving surgeries after he was shot in the line of duty.
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