Field of Screams gives $10,000 to Mountville school and youth baseball

Field of Screams has donated $5,000 each to Mountville Elementary School and the Mountville Youth Athletic Association, backing an outdoor classroom and a new batting cage. The gifts connect the haunted attraction’s founders to the school and ballfields where they grew up.

Why it matters: - The donations direct $10,000 into two local youth programs tied to education and sports in Mountville, Pennsylvania. - The gifts strengthen Field of Screams’ ties to the community where co-founders Gene and Jim Schopf grew up. - The funding supports spaces that can serve students and young athletes for years.

What happened: - Field of Screams gave $5,000 to Mountville Elementary School for an outdoor classroom. - Field of Screams gave $5,000 to the Mountville Youth Athletic Association for a new batting cage. - The two donations total $10,000 in community giving this year. - The Mountville business is based in Mountville, Pennsylvania.

The details: - The outdoor classroom will give students a hands-on place to learn outside the traditional classroom. - Mountville Elementary School holds personal meaning for the Schopf brothers, who attended the school as children. - The original school building still stands next to today’s campus. - Field of Screams is recognized on a plaque at the outdoor classroom site. - The batting cage will help MYAA players practice and develop their game. - Gene and Jim Schopf played MYAA baseball as kids. - The brothers suited up for the Mountville Cubs and Mountville Indians from 1975 to 1985. - Signage recognizing the sponsorship will be installed at the MYAA ballfield in the coming weeks.

Between the lines: - The donations look less like one-off philanthropy and more like hometown investment from owners with personal history in both places. - The school and ballfield connections give the sponsorships built-in visibility and local symbolism. - Jim Schopf said giving back in the town, school and ballfields where the brothers grew up means everything to them. - Jim Schopf also said helping kids learn and play is about as good as it gets. - Gene Schopf said seeing the company name next to a space where students and young athletes grow means a lot.

What's next: - The MYAA sponsorship signage is expected to go up in the coming weeks. - The outdoor classroom and batting cage will move forward as the funded projects are built out. - Field of Screams continues its fall haunted attractions and year-round family events at its Mountville campus and Corn Cob Acres.

The bottom line: - Field of Screams is using hometown pride to fund visible projects for local students and youth athletes. More information is available on Field of Screams.