Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. and NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick were both on hand Wednesday morning to unveil a multi-purpose youth development park in East Bakersfield.
Cal Ripken Jr. and Kevin Harvick introducing a new youth facility in Bakersfield. This is cool. @23ABCNews pic.twitter.com/Ez9JrOQV9q
— Brandon Johansen (@BranJohansen) March 16, 2016
Titled Kevin Harvick Foundation Park, the facility was "designed for multi-sport use and includes a digital scoreboard, four outdoor fitness stations, and a rubber track surface around the field's perimeter.
The kids at @BGCKC are enjoying a Quickball clinic on the new field! pic.twitter.com/oIeRSpm4hI
— Cal Ripken Sr Fdn (@CalRipkenSrFdn) March 16, 2016
The park is the result of a collaboration between the Kevin Harvick Foundation, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County.
This is the second partnership between the two athletes' foundations, the first resulting in a park in North Carolina. This is also the Ripken Foundation's second youth development park in California.
