The Miracle League is about making miracles happen.

The organization “removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime,” according to its mission statement.

Tuesday, May 1, the Valdosta chapter of Miracle League will break ground on the long-awaited specialized field at Freedom Park.

The specialized rubber field is expected to be ready for future seasons of the Miracle League.

Miracle League has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build the field and continues raising money.

It should make the Miracle League a safer and more exceptional experience for all participants.

But it will not only benefit the Miracle League, the field will be available through the Valdosta-Lowndes Parks & Recreation Authority for other services, groups and school classrooms serving disabled children.

With each season, more players register, creating more teams and more opportunities.

Miracle League started in Conyers in 2000.

From Georgia, the Miracle League spread to teams in South Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia, Illinois and California.

Hundreds of Miracle League organizations serve more than 200,000 disabled children and adults in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada.

Along with the groundbreaking, there will be two Miracle League games for the community to watch, according to officials. The first game will be 5:30 p.m. and the second will be 7 p.m. Tuesday. 

The groundbreaking will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Freedom Park. The project is expected to be open to the public for the spring 2019 baseball season.

The smiles on the faces of the children and adults participating in a Miracle League baseball game stand as evidence that miracles do happen.