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Rain couldn’t stop ‘Field of Dreams’
By Emily Sweeney
Globe Staff

Despite the gloomy weather, Action for Boston Community Development (the nonprofit known as ABCD) hosted its 19th annual “Field of Dreams’’ softball tournament at Fenway Park on June 28 — without any softball. The games scheduled were rained out, but the show still went on. Nearly 1,000 people showed up, and the event raised $400,000 for the organization’s SummerWorks program, which provides summer jobs to kids in Boston.

Former New England Patriot Max Lane was there, and WCVB-TV anchor Maria Stephanos served as the emcee. Also on hand were (from left) Field of Dreams co-chair John Sasso, ABCD president and CEO John J. Drew; ABCD executive vice president and COO Sharon Scott-Chandler; Field of Dreams co-chair Lewis Eisenberg; and Donna Latson Gittens, CEO and founder of MORE Advertising.