Over at the Janesville Gazette, there’s a fine story about the Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams project. The story describes the project:
The project is an effort to make something great out of something unspeakably tragic. Treyton Kilar of Whitewater was killed last Sept. 2 in a crash involving a driver who now faces charges of homicide by drunken driving.
Kilar’s parents and others are working to raise nearly $500,000 to pay for construction of a baseball field in Whitewater, dubbed the Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams.
See, Field of Dreams project seeks help.
The most important and enduring things are free of politics. They’re an unalloyed good, borne of noble dreams. It was an English jurist who once wrote that Americans are, fundamentally, noble dreamers. The Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams project is such a dream, grand and noble and an unalloyed good.
I’ve been voting for it each day, and I hope that you’ll do so, too.
Here’s the project overview, from the Pepsi Refresh website —
Treyton Kilar, age 6, was killed in a senseless car crash by a drunk driver on September 2, 2010. In an effort to create hope out of despair, the Whitewater community has united to build a new baseball field to honor Treyton and provide a happy, healthy place for families and children to come together safely. Treyton’s big dream was to someday play professional baseball.
He spent countless hours practicing at home and on teams through the Whitewater Parks and Recreation Department. Although Treyton’s dream was cut short by a senseless tragedy, this new ball field will provide our young people with an opportunity to achieve their dreams. By providing a place for family friendly and safe activities, the Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams will provide an alternative to drinking and driving and be a monument to overcoming evil with goodness and love.
Here’s how to vote —
1. Register at http://www.refresheverything.com/treytonkilar and then vote for the Field of Dreams project. You’ll only need to register once, and then you’ll be able to vote for the project each day through January 31st.
2. For Facebook, go to http://www.refresheverything.com/treytonkilar, and install the blue Facebook application (it’s in the right column of the page).
3. Text 105500 to Pepsi (73774)