On Thursday morning, as shoppers at a Smart & Final Extra! store in Watts were checking out with carts full of groceries, they received a welcome surprise: the Los Angeles Dodgers had picked up their tab.
Between 6:00 and 7:00 AM, an hour reserved for elderly shoppers and those with disabilities, the Dodgers Foundation paid for everyone’s groceries in the Watts neighborhood grocery store, whether they were purchasing a few dollars worth of goods or $800 worth of items. The charitable act was reported by KTLA5.
The Dodgers Foundation, founded in 1995, has invested more than $30 million in local nonprofits.