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McNally ‘roast’ on Saturday will benefit Blankenship Foundation, raise money for synthetic turf

Posted at 12:19 pm May 20, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Blankenship Field Overall Plan

An overall view of the proposed renovation of Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium. A Saturday morning, May 21, 2016, “roast” of Tennessee Senator Randy McNally will benefit the nonprofit Blankenship Foundation and raise money for new synthetic turf on Blankenship Field.

 

A “roast” of Tennessee Senator Randy McNally on Saturday will benefit the Blankenship Foundation and raise money for synthetic turf at Blankenship Field.

The “roast” will include Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. It starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at Blankenship Field.

“We will have Big Ed’s Pizza under the tent and hear lots of Randy’s old friends telling stories on him,” an invitation said.

Tables of 10 sell for $1,000, or you can buy individual tickets for $100 each, the invitation said. Event sponsorships are available, and all funds will go to the Blankenship Foundation, which is raising money for the synthetic turf field. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Community, Education, Front Page News, High School, K-12, Nonprofits, Slider, Sports Tagged With: Bill Haslam, Blankenship Field, Blankenship Foundation, Randy McNally, roast, synthetic turf

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