After years of dreaming, planning and fund-raising, Tallahassee's Champions Ranch project has its formal ground breaking at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1. The idea is to provide kids and their families positive experiences that would otherwise be unavailable.
The 112-acre site south of Capital Circle between Tram Road and Woodville Highway is a blank canvas of sand and scrub brush now. But Tonja Ward, wife of FAMU Head Basketball Coach Charlie Ward and co-director of Champions Ranch, says all that's about to change.
"We have been working on this for so long. We still have a long way to go but we are celebrating every moment along the way and the $9 million mark meant that we can break ground on the first multi-sport field."
Eventually, she says, there will be many muti-sport fields along with facilities for all manner of fun and faith-based activities to enrich the lives of thousands of kids.
