After Browns staff members volunteered for CMSD-related equipment and materials in the morning, Tuesday afternoon, the organization broke ground at the new football field that will be at John Marshall High School.
Cleveland School’s CEO Eric Gordon thanked the Browns for donating a new athletic field (of synthetic turf) and a scoreboard to John Marshall. The groundbreaking at Marshall completes the team’s commitment to providing five new fields to the district, as announced in May 2016.
Thank you @BrownsGiveBack for donating a new athletic field and scoreboard to @CLEMetroSchools John Marshall High School! @CLESenateSports pic.twitter.com/R1lClscWbK
— Eric S. Gordon, CEO (@EricGordon_CEO) June 6, 2017
In addition, after Tuesday’s OTA sessions in Berea, 21 members of the Browns’ rookie class, including first overall pick Myles Garrett, took part in the groundbreaking. Located on W. 140th in Cleveland, Marshall is the closest Cleveland high school to the headquarters in Berea, which made it a quick trip.
The school is also tearing down its old bleachers and putting in new metal stands, and at some point in the future, a new track is expected to go around the field.
You can see some more photos of the groundbreaking below, and a full photo gallery on Browns.com is here.
The giving keeps going with the installment of Field No. 5 at @CLEMetroSchools John Marshall High School #give10 pic.twitter.com/1fUHdDD5Xn
— BrownsGiveBack (@BrownsGiveBack) June 6, 2017
@CLEMetroSchools John Marshall football field groundbreaking thanks to Cleveland @Browns pic.twitter.com/xpr6r5eO8R
— teach change (@Sarakidner) June 6, 2017
Today we broke ground on a new field at John Marshall HS!
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) June 6, 2017
The turf field is the 5th of 5 fields gifted by the Browns and Haslams! #Give10 pic.twitter.com/eX0dVVAmjS
Ground breaking ceremony for the new turf athletic field at John Marshall. This is the fifth field donated by the Cleveland Browns! pic.twitter.com/XhocHaWM8D
— Shannon Kantner (@ShannonKantner) June 6, 2017