Church gives back by repairing nearby football field

CALHOUN COUNTY, AL (WBRC) -

A church on the outskirts of Anniston will repair a Hobson City ball field as part of what they call the "100 Men Challenge."

The event will involve a number of things, including helping the elderly, working at a boys home and even handing out gifts at a shopping center.

But members of Cornerstone Church will also do considerable construction and landscape work at Noble Mason Field, a Hobson City football stadium that has fallen into disrepair. The field hasn't been used in two years.

Some members have already worked on the field during the past week, including repair work on two roofs, one each on the rest room building and a concession stand.

Two electricians who are church members are also looking into a scoreboard that had been damaged by lightning.

Other work will including the striping of the field, which was home to the Hobson City Vikings. The coaches have been putting the football players in vans and taking them out of town to other fields to play.

The church's pastor says they've gotten a lot of support from Hobson City mayor Alberta McCrory and the council for the work they've done, and will do tomorrow, for the ball field.

"It's always great to help people. And this is really what this is about, especially when we found out that some of these great coaches were busing some of these kids into different cities to be able to play the game that they love so much," says Cornerstone Church pastor Michael Cox.

"We thought, what a great way to do it."

The rest is here:
Church gives back by repairing nearby football field