IN OUR COMMUNITY - Los Angeles Dodgers

ties to underserved middle and high school
youth. The Dodgers joined the LaCer youth
in playground activities and gardening.
Day two featured a different group —
Dodgers Matt Kemp, rafael Furcal, tony
Gwynn Jr., Jay Gibbons and Gabe Kapler, former
Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela, ron Cey,
steve Garvey, shawn Green, Derrel Thomas,
“sweet” Lou Johnson, Don Newcombe and
Dodger broadcaster Charley steiner.
The Dodgers began the day at Los angeles
Fire Department, station 3. an assemblage
of organizations, including the Dodgers
Dream Foundation, the Los angeles
Fire Department and Los Bomberos — a
Los angeles-based non-profit comprised
of firefighters dedicated to community service
— came together to donate a fire truck
to Furcal’s home city of Loma De Cabrera
in the Dominican republic.
(Above): Dodger manager Don Mattingly signs for fans
during the visit to USC University Hospital.
(Left): Rafael Furcal shows off the fire truck that’s
going to his hometown.
The second day also featured cleanup as
the Dodgers, in partnership with heal the
Bay, picked up trash off the beach in santa
Monica with a pack of fans.
From there, the Dodgers visited West Valley
Los angeles police Department in reseda.
They ate lunch with police officers and were
given demonstrations on the use of force.
They took a short trip from there to taft
high school in Woodland hills to give advice
to taft’s baseball and softball teams.
The caravan wrapped up in Northridge
at the Northridge recreation Center. Mc-
Court joined the team for the dedication of
the Dodgers Dreamfield.
Gwynn, a first-year Dodger, summed up
what the caravan was all about.
“Long day, but it was well worth it,” said
the outfielder. “We were able to donate a
fire truck, able to go hang out with the police,
able to talk to some kids at taft and
finished the day with these youngsters in
their new beautiful baseball field. all in all,
it was a fantastic day.”
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