Rippey Welcome SignThe Friends of Rippey invites everyone to a fundraising event tomorrow.

A free-will donation meal will be served in the community room at 6pm. The meal includes Maid Rite sandwiches, baked beans, chips, brownies and a beverage. Then the Town and Country Band will perform at 7pm. All proceeds will go back to the Friends to renovate the baseball grandstands.

Friends of Rippey member Mary Weaver says the field was first built around 1938. They also received a Greene County Community Foundation grant to renovate the restrooms. She adds that they are hoping to raise $1,000 to add to their $1,000 donation they received from a Rippey alumni. The total cost of the project to re-build the grandstands is $3,000. Weaver is hoping to complete the project before an alumni baseball game on July 15th.