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Kennedy Center Field
Kennedy Center Field is a community baseball field at the Kennedy Center YMCA recreation camp on West Virginia Route 2 about north of Huntington, West Virginia. The field is used by the Marshall University baseball team. The field had almost no provisions for spectators, and limited locker rooms, in 2014, the university funded an upgrade with some spectator facilities and an artificial turf infield, but the field remains unlighted. The upgrades were accompanied with a five-year lease from the school. Because of its inadequacies, Marshall played all conference home games at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, from campus. For the 2019 season, the university funded further upgrades which allowed all its games to be played at the venue. Because the facility lies outside the city's floodwall and is on the banks of the Ohio River, games are often cancelled or moved to an assortment of alternative fields. In particular, Marshall has often played home games at Linda K. Epling Stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally as the Young Men's Christian Association, and aims to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit". From its inception, it grew rapidly and ultimately became a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work. YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both an Area Alliance (Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
