Thank you to everyone who attended the Caisse Community Centre New Ball Diamond Grand Opening and U9 Jamboree on Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at the Caisse Community Centre!
Thank you to Dee Romijn, Caisse Community Facility Manager and Stephen Ceslak, Macdonald Minor Ball Association President for organizing the event and all the volunteers who assisted (too numerous to mention individually).
Thank you to the Jays Care Foundation representatives for attending the event and presenting Brian Cornelsen, Caisse Community Centre President (on behalf of the Caisse Community Centre) with a Toronto Blue Jays Ball Jersey, number 23!
Thank you to Gary Romijn, New Ball Diamond Grand Opening Master of Ceremonies and Kari McFarlane, Macdonald Minor Ball Association Oak Bluff Representative for singing our National Anthem.
Thank you to the Macdonald Fire Fighters Association and RCMP Headingley Detachment for their vehicle display / tour. Put a smile on the kids' faces!
The Caisse Community Centre would also like to thank The Green Team for their fantastic job on maintaining not only the New Ball Diamond but ALL the Ball Diamonds at the Caisse Community Centre!
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For information and/or to volunteer at this event, please contact:
Dee Romijn, Caisse Community Centre Facility Manager
204-736-2679 (office) | 204-801-7629 (cell) | dromijn@caissecc.com
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Caisse Community Centre - 2022 Field of Dreams Grant Recipient
To play is to learn! Baseball diamonds and other sport facilities are classrooms for the children and youth of Canada. Kids should be proud of the places where they play while having the opportunity to learn life skills and participate in an important step in their socialization. Field Of Dreams is Jays Care's granting program for infrastructure dedicated to youth life-skill development and physical activity. The Field Of Dreams program provides funding to design, refurbish and build safe spaces for children and youth to play baseball, develop life skills and learn from positive role models. In the last five years, Jays Care has committed over $8 million to 66 infrastructure projects across Canada.
Through Field Of Dreams, children and youth increase:
- Access to high-quality sports facilities
- Physical activity levels
- Access to positive role-models and team sport
Through Field Of Dreams, communities increase:
- Access to baseball
- Access to accessible spaces
- Capacity for enrollment in youth programs
- Community engagement
The Caisse Community Centre was one of the successful 2022 Field of Dreams grant recipients in the amount of $85,000.00.
Thank you so much to the Jays Care Foundation for this wonderful opportunity to build a brand new ball diamond in La Salle at the Caisse Community Centre. Special thank you to Stephen Ceslak for bringing awareness to this grant and putting in so much work with the application process.
For information, please click on the CTV News Winnipeg Announcement Video:
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Excavation for the brand new baseball diamond officially began in August, 2022.
Progress during August:
