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Join Field of Dreams on a Bus Trip to Baltimore

As a fundraiser, the nonprofit organization, who hopes to build a First Class baseball field for UMHS students, will host a bus trip to watch the Phillies play the Orioles.

, a nonprofit organization based in Upper Morealand, will host a bus trip to the city of Baltimore in to attend the June 10 Philadelphia Phillies vs. Baltimore Orioles game.

The trip is intended as a fundraising and project awareness event, as the Field of Dreams raises money to continue construction for a First Class baseball field on the property of Upper Moreland High School, in a community-led recognition of the recent .

The trip will leave from , located at 4,000 Orangemans Road in Hatboro, at 7:45 p.m. on June 10 in time for the 1:35 p.m. game.

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The trip includes:

  • Round trip bus ride with refreshments on the bus
  • 1 ticket for the game (seats in sections 336 or 348
  • Tailgate party in Baltimore
  • The cost for the bus trip is $110.

The Field of Dreams founders vowed to make the project 100-percent funded by public and private donations. The first class baseball field is estimated to cost between $75,000 - $100,000.

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According to the Field of Dreams website, as of March, the group has raised over $21,000, and has begun construction of the field this month, in hopes to have the field completed for the 2013 Baseball Season.

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For more information about the Phillies Bus Trip, contact Mike Cavanaugh at 215-441-4543 or 215-605-9211 or e-mail cavanaugh4@comcast.net.

For more information about the Field of Dreams project, visit www.umfieldofdreams.com or e-mail umfieldofdreams@comcast.net.

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