$20,000 check to help pay for Will Norton Miracle Field facility

Updated: Nov 28, 2012 05:31 PM

The Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri presented a $20,000 check to the Joplin Daybreak Rotary Foundation today.

The money will be used to help with the construction of the Will Norton Miracle Field Baseball Facility and playground benefiting children with disabilities.

The organization is also awarding a matching $25,000 grant to help raise the funds necessary to continue supporting this project.

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