Fields & Futures is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2012 by Oklahoma City residents Liz and Tim McLaughlin. After seeing firsthand the poor condition of many athletic fields in the Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) school district, the McLaughlins connected the dots between the district’s below-national-average rates for graduation and sports participation. With that revelation, Fields & Futures was created with a singular aspiration: To help OKCPS put more students on a better path to graduation by growing sports participation at the middle school and high school levels. The way to accomplish this was clear – rebuild and maintain athletic fields across the entire district. Six years and 22 fields later, the results can’t be ignored.