Walk through the doors of Swenson Arts and Technology High School, and you think you're getting ready to catch a flight rather than get an education.
This is where Cole Hamels finds himself the Tuesday morning of his scheduled start against the Marlins, dressed in a gray suit, light blue shirt and striped tie.
It is also why Hamels and his wife, Heidi, were here to present a $50,000 grant to enhance -- make that revolutionize -- Swenson's gymnasium, an old motor shop tucked in back of the career and technical education center.
Based on the socio-economic status of its students and its limited funding for educational provisions, Swenson received the largest gift from the 2011 Hamels Foundation Education Grants along with Shaw Middle School, whose $50,000 grant will go toward building a library.
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