Improving Communities Through Baseball

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) builds Dodgers Dreamfields to give families in neighborhoods across Los Angeles safe havens and points of pride. The addition of revitalized baseball and softball fields improves existing green spaces, promotes physical activity and exercise, and expands opportunities for play in underserved communities. Recently, LADF and the City of Inglewood opened two Dodgers Dreamfields at Edward Vincent Jr. Park in Inglewood for baseball and softball players from 5 to 18 years old. According to the Los Angeles Countywide Parks Needs Assessment, Inglewood only has 0.8 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents (comparing to 3.3 acres per 1,000 residents countywide) and has a very high level of park need.

The $1 million project includes a new playing surface and grass, enclosed fields and fencing, upgraded dugouts, upgraded irrigation systems, new pitchers' mounds, bases, home plates, and LED scoreboards. They are the 59th and 60th fields in Greater Los Angeles, and third and fourth in Inglewood. LADF has plans to complete an additional 15 fields to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles in 2033.

Funding for the two Dodger Dreamfields was provided by the City of Inglewood, Kershaw’s Challenge, Security Benefit, FundPlay/LeagueApps, Annenberg Foundation, NIKE, Delta Air Lines, LA84 Foundation, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Helen & Will Webster Foundation, and The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.