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During the Spring of 2023 the Athletic Department at Centennial High School in Peoria, AZ sent a mass email seeking help with some much needed field space. The school has been land locked for decades and the district did not equip the practice fields with lighting. For this reason, practice space had been a difficult juggle amongst the various programs.

Neighboring church Horizons Community had always maintained a friendly relationship with Centennial and had a large open dirt space that they had been wanting to develop for years. This is where God stepped in and introduced Sunburst Landscaping to the dynamic. Owner Don Gabbard has a nephew, Mark Gabbard, that manages his Residential Division and just so happens to coach football at Centennial on the side. In February 2023 Mark took Don to meet with representatives from Horizons and Centennial. By the conclusion of the meeting Don, as he had done on countless occasions, had agreed to donate all labor and equipment to develop the space into a lush grass field. A space owned by the church that the school district could rent for Centennial to use when needed.

In April 2023 crews went to work grading, installing irrigation, and seeding. Over the course of 4 weeks Sunburst donated over $650,000 worth of work. In October 2023 Horizons dedicated the field and named it Sonburst Field in honor of The Son of God, Jesus Christ and Sunburst Landscaping.