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  • Alumni Field is a collaborative Rolla High School alumni and Rolla community project.  As with the development of the Bray Sports Complex at RHS, a committee has been formed with the goal of securing the funding support necessary for installing synthetic turf at Lions Memorial Stadium.

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  • The goal is to replace the natural turf with all-weather synthetic turf which would allow games, practices, physical education classes, along with the marching band to use the field during all weather conditions.

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  • Synthetic turf and football are two images that instantly connect.  However, turf's always-ready durability makes it a near-perfect surface not only for sports, marching band, and Physical Education classes, but also for a wide range of school and community programs.  The Alumni Field vision also includes installation of a field with soccer field capabilities.

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  • Much like cleats, uniforms, and equipment, synthetic turf has made strides towards being more athlete-friendly.  What parents like about the turf that's being installed now is that is a safer surface.  Grass fields, no matter how lush and cushy they are in September, become uneven and hard as soon as football teams, soccer teams and marching bands are mixed with a bit of wet weather.

 

Fundraising & Support

  • The goal of the committee is to raise $700,000 during the 2010 school year. This dollar amount would allow the scope of work to include installation of synthetic turf on the game field, as well as other possible improvements to Lions Memorial Stadium and the Bray Complex.

  • All donations received for this project will be placed in a designated 501(c)3 account in the Rolla Public Schools Foundation (CORE) and will be used for stadium improvements.  For more information about CORE, please visit our website.

 

Thanks to the Following Donors!

Big Dawg Level - $5,000 or more

Sandy King

Platinum Level - $1,000 or more

Fairfield Inn - St. Robert, MO

Integrated Information Systems - Louisville, KY

Gold Level - $500 or more

none

Sliver Level - $250 or more

Benton Square

Maroon Level - $100 or more

Susan & Bill Bates

John & Patricia Butz

Paden Long

Elizabeth & Aaron Zalis

Crystal Lewis

Kenneth Light

Dennis Stephenson

Raymond & Edith Light

Kent & Lindsay Bagnall

The Class of 1955

Forrest O'Neal

Robert & Joanne Holmes, Jr.

Michael & Christina Adams

Additional Donations

Gerald Wittmaier

Matt Banholzer

Jamie Myers

David Bayless