Webster First Federal Credit Union recently made a $1,000 donation to the World Series Park Lighting Fund. World Series Park in Saugus plans to have lights installed in the spring of 2021. This will complete the park by being able to offer night games, never having to stop games because of darkness and the flexibility of rescheduling rainouts, all of which will increase the amount of playing time and use of the field.
Webster First was voted the 2019 and 2020 Best Credit Union in central Massachusetts. It currently has 15 branches, as well as co-op branches and ATMs. Webster First has been providing banking services since 1928. Their donations and involvement in the Saugus community are numerous and include Special Olympics Day, Target Cancer Walk-a-thon, Saugus Food Pantry, Saugus Senior Center, Saugus Lions Club, Saugus YMCA, Saugus Softball, Saugus Town Team Basketball and World Series Park.
Most of the funds needed for this project will be available next year. A fundraising effort will be conducted over the next six months to raise additional, needed funds. To assist in making this happen, World Series Park has set up a GoFundMe Charity account. People can donate by going to the World Series Park website — worldseriespark.net — and click on GoFundMe. Donations can still be made by mail and are tax deductible. Those who donate $100 or more will have their name included on the permanent World Series Park Lighting Fund plaque that will be installed on the third base dugout. Donations can be made in memory or in honor of others,
“This being our sixteenth season, we have been able to save our pennies over the past fifteen years, as well as pledges for more funds, to now be able financially to afford lights,” said World Series Park superintendent Bob Davis. “Through the generosity of a lot of people and businesses like Webster First, World Series Park has financed everything we have in creating this first-class baseball facility for the youth of Saugus. We want to complete the picture with lights, still being financed by the World Series Park Committee. As a result of the increased cost of the lighting equipment, we need to raise additional funds. We hope that the new technology of GoFundMe Charity will allow people to make donations easier. We thank everyone for their past and hopefully future generous donations.”
To donate to the World Series Park Lighting Fund by mail, checks should be made payable to World Series Park and sent to World Series Park, 8 Holden Ave., Saugus, MA 01906. Please indicate that the donation is for the Lighting Fund.
