PROVIDENCE — Two years ago, when James Taylor became the vice president of the Elmwood Little League, he was determined to do at least one thing: light the field.

It took a two-year campaign and nearly $90,000, but poles have been erected at the John T. Owens Field where the league, which serves the Elmwood, South Elmwood, Reservoir and West End communities, plays.

The city’s largest children’s baseball league won a $38,000 grant from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund and has received $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant money through the city.

More than 600 boys and girls play for 38 teams in the league. “When we go to other fields, every one of them has lights,” Taylor said earlier this year.

“And these kids always say, ‘Coach, where’s our lights?’ And it kind of breaks your heart, and we want them to be equal.”

There are 50 children on the league’s waiting list despite the addition of two teams this year. When the league adds night games, Taylor says, it can add one to two teams, or up to 30 more children.

The lights have not been hooked up yet, but even so, they look pretty good, he said.