Applications for playing field grants available

Applications are available at TOP Food & Drug stores for grants of up to $10,000 to improve community youth baseball/softball fields.

The Pepsi Refresh Your Field Project will award a grant of $10,00 and two grants of $5,000 to community fields in Washington. Applications must be postmarked by May 21 to be considered.

Applicants must detail why their youth baseball and/or softball program needs the grant for local field renovation (or for new equipment or new uniforms) and how the grant will be used to accomplish the program’s goals. Prizes will be awarded to the official league, local park district or recreational center and not to individual winners or teams.

Five finalists will be selected and fans at home games of the Seattle Mariners between June 7 and Aug. 15 will vote to determine the grant winners.