2010 Community Service Project
August 18 at Welander Field
Grant, Minnesota

THINK SAFETY - DO IT FOR THE KIDS!
 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

The MSTMA is seeking volunteers to help with the August 18, 2010 Community Service Project at Welander Field in Grant, Minn. (next to White Bear Lake). To complete this project, the use/need of equipment, products, trucking/hauling and on-site labor is needed! As of right now, the plan is to go with Plan A but if the proper equipment and labor is secured, it could evolve into Plan B or Plan C. (See below).

Please contact Mike McDonald if you are interested in volunteering or have equipment or products (look in Plan A for needs) available for this August 18 project. Mike can be reached at mcdon015@umn.edu or 612-625-5154. You may also contact the MSTMA office at 952-473-3722 or info@mstma.com. Although August is a little ways away, we need to start planning now.

Needs:
1. Fence Products
2. Bases
3. Benches
4. Seed
5. Fertilizer
6. Ag-Lime
7. Trucking (ex. delivering ag-lime, soil, etc.)
8. Skid Loader
9. Aerator
10. Tractor
11. Seeder
12. Topdresser
13. Utility Carts
14. Laser Grader

In summary, we are looking for these needs, personnel for manual labor. Financial donations for expenses are needed, too.

Work Day:  8am - 4pm (8 hours is best, but a 4-hour shift works, too.)
Lunch will be served at noon.

Plan A
Topdress, overseed and heavily aerate and drag the turf (outfield) to help balance the high and low spots. Seed and fertilize the outfield (this may include an herbicide application for broadleaf weeds) spring and fall. Re-shape, grade, and lay out the infield. This would include scraping off some of the existing ag-lime material to fill in newly defined lines/radius, topping with new ag. material, installing new bases and base pegs, clean up around bench areas and fence lines: a newly shaped and graded in-field.

Plan B
All items included in Plan A.
Install new fencing in front of bench areas, along first and third base lines. Replace existing benches with better ones (and possibly place them on cement pads).

Plan C
All items in Plan A and Plan B.
Remove existing bleachers. Re-grade hillside, where bleachers currently sit, and the area between the bleachers and the current backstop, creating a flat surface in front  and behind the backstop. Remove existing backstop and reinstall so it is level with the infield. Place concrete maintenance strips under all fencing.
 

2011
Does your baseball/softball/soccer/football field need to be renovated?
Who do you call? What do you need to do?

The Minnesota Sports Turf Managers Association has the answers!
We will select a field from entries submitted and provide the labor for the renovation project. Some materials will be donated or provided at a reduced cost. Volunteers from your organization will be needed to complete the renovation project as well as to care for the field after the renovations are complete.

POSSIBLE RENOVATION IDEAS:

+ Seeding    + Sodding   + Topdressing   + Aerifying   + Mounds   + Homeplate

+ Skinned Areas   + Irrigation Repair  + Grass Areas  +  Base/field Layout

ENTER YOUR FIELD BY COMPLETING THE FORM BELOW:

Organization's name

Name of field

Location of field (address, city, state, zip)

User groups (numbers, ages, sports)

What do you want done to your field?

Why is the project needed? (safety issues?, field issues?)

Who will do the regular maintenance after completion?

What is the window of time for renovation?

What is the field's history? (age, maintenance, irrigation, uniqueness, etc.)

Contact info of person doing current maintenance. (name, phone, e-mail)

Contact person and contact info for this project (name, phone, e-mail)

 MSTMA Member Sponsor (not mandatory for submission)