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Boston Red Sox Foundation and Covidien Team Up for Volunteer Day
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Beautiful weather and people teamed up to rehabilitate the sports facilities at the Brockton Campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System. Approximately 150 volunteers took part in the effort.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona, players Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Julio Lugo, Jeff Bailey, Justin Masterson and Jonathan Papelbon, along with their wives, visited with veteran
s on August 16. Volunteers helped resurface the wheelchair softball field, install new bleachers and sod for the softball field, demolish old seating and install a new lift system for the adaptive kayaking program, clean and paint doors and frames, plant new trees and shrubs, gather and mail CARE packages to our service members overseas, demolish and install new flooring
for the weight room in the gym area.
According to Mr. Michael Guilbeault, player for the Rollin' Red Sox team which recently finished in 2nd place, division 2 National Competition in Omaha Nebraska, "without the support of the VA Boston Healthcare System, there would not be a wheelchair softball team representing New England".
We would like to send a special thank you to Ms. Meg Vaillancourt and Ms. Gena Borson of the Red Sox Foundation for their tireless efforts and to all those who helped make this possible.
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