The Buffalo Bills and a group called the Local Initiative Support Corporation have donated $200,000 to the Rochester City School District.
The money will help build a synthetic turf football field at the Franklin Campus. It's through the NFL Foundation Grassroots Grant Program.
The Franklin campus field will be used by two high schools, Vanguard Collegiate High School and the Integrated Arts and Technology High School. Officials say the facility will also provide a safe playing surface for local athletic programs including youth football leagues and the city school district's 7th and 8th grade modified football program.
The Local Initiative Support Corporation works to support high quality athletic fields in urban areas.
To celebrate the announcement of the grant, members of the Franklin Modified Football team visited Bills training camp at St. John Fisher and were presented the ceremonial check by Bills' President Russ Brandon.
