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Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation On Mission, Field

Aberdeen's Boys & Girls Club will have a new field courtesy of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.

The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation spends a half-million dollars for every new synthetic field they bring to at-risk kids.

In , that's no different.

The non-profit foundation is building a new field near the —just one of the many initiatives the program brings to communities with a population of at-risk kids.

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Steve Salem, executive director for the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, spoke to the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to highlight the mission of the organization, and note some of the things the group is doing in Aberdeen.

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