The Los Angeles Dodgers are partnering with General Mills to host a Back-to-School Resource Fair this Saturday, August 9. The stadium will welcome 500 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and their families ahead of the start of the new school year. During the event, attendees will receive backpacks and essential school supplies, along with non-perishable pantry food items including fan-favorite cereals like Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch, courtesy of General Mills. Complimentary dental screenings will be available to all attendees through Dodgers sponsor partner UCLA Health. Current players and alumni will be in attendance to greet families and distribute items to students. Additional Dodgers sponsor partners AM 570 LA Sports, Archer Meat Snacks, King’s Hawaiian, Coca Cola, and PRIME will provide additional resources in support of this initiative. Families will go home with lunch courtesy of new Dodgers partner Fresh Brothers.\n\n**WHAT:** The Los Angeles Dodgers are partnering with General Mills to host a Back-to-School Resource Fair this Saturday, August 9. The stadium will welcome 500 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and their families ahead of the start of the new school year. During the event, attendees will receive backpacks and essential school supplies, along with non-perishable pantry food items including fan-favorite cereals like Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch, courtesy of General Mills. Complimentary dental screenings will be available to all attendees through Dodgers sponsor partner UCLA Health. Current players and alumni will be in attendance to greet families and distribute items to students. Additional Dodgers sponsor partners AM 570 LA Sports, Archer Meat Snacks, King’s Hawaiian, Coca Cola, and PRIME will provide additional resources in support of this initiative. Families will go home with lunch courtesy of new Dodgers partner Fresh Brothers.\n\n**WHO:** Current Dodger Players and Alumni\n\n**Kristin McCowan,** Vice President of Government Affairs & Community Relations, Los Angeles Dodgers\n\n**WHEN:** Saturday, August 9, 2025 9:00 a.m.\n\n**WHERE:** Dodger Stadium 1000 Vin Scully Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012\n\n**MISC.:** Media interested in covering tomorrow’s event should RSVP to Ally Salvage.\n\nAbout the Los Angeles Dodgers: The Los Angeles Dodgers franchise, with eight World Series championships and 25 National League pennants since its beginnings in Brooklyn in 1890, is committed to a tradition of pride and excellence. The Dodgers, baseball’s 2024 World Champions, have been recognized as ESPN’s Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year and are dedicated to supporting a culture of winning baseball, providing a first-class, fan-friendly experience at Dodger Stadium, and building a strong partnership with the community. With the highest cumulative fan attendance in Major League Baseball history, and a record of breaking barriers, the Dodgers are one of the most cherished sports franchises in the world.\n\nAbout General Mills: General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino’s, Annie’s, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2025 net sales of U.S. $19 billion. In addition, the company’s share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion.\n\nJen Pawol’s first experience as an umpire came in the early 1990s, when a friend asked if she would work a softball game with her. Pawol, a former softball star at Hofstra University and a three-time All-Conference selection as a catcher, did so. Some 30 years later, Pawol made Major League history on Saturday, when she became the first woman to umpire in a regular season game, taking the field for Game 1 of a doubleheader between the Marlins and Braves at Truist Park. She umpired at first base in the opener of the twin bill, and then at third base in the nightcap. Saturday was a very special day for Pawol and for baseball, but Sunday will be significant as well -- in the series finale between Miami and Atlanta, Pawol is calling balls and strikes behind the plate. Pawol's first action of the day was a called strike on a pitch from Braves lefty Joey Wentz to Marlins leadoff hitter Xavier Edwards. Her first called strikeout came on a 1-2 pitch from Wentz against Kyle Stowers to end the top of the fifth inning. Pawol got called up from Triple-A for the Marlins-Braves series because of the doubleheader on Saturday. It is a typical for a fifth umpire to be added for a series with a doubleheader, as the home plate umpire skips the other game in the doubleheader. Between the games on Saturday, Pawol discussed how it felt to blaze the trail for women umpires and the hard work it took to reach the Majors. \"Just incredible,\" she said. \"The dream actually came true today, and I’m still living in it. And I’m just so grateful to my family, to Major League Baseball for just creating such an amazing work environment. To all the umpires that I work with … it’s just amazing camaraderie. We’re having fun out there -- we’re working hard but we’re having fun. I was so thankful.\"\n\nPawol is used to being a pioneer in the umpiring world -- she was the first woman to umpire a Triple-A championship in 2023, and she was the first in 34 years to work a Triple-A game earlier that season. She was also the first woman in 17 years to umpire a Spring Training game in 2024. Still, this was something different. This was reaching the pinnacle of umpiring and being the first woman to do it. And Sunday will be something different again when she dons a facemask and takes her place behind the plate in an MLB game. Given all Pawol has been through and the culmination of a journey of more than three decades, she has not only handled the bright spotlight of the big leagues with aplomb, but she is also adding to her legacy every time she takes the field. \"It's a long road,\" Pawol said. \"It's not an overnight road, or it's not one promotion. There's countless, countless things that you do. This and then that. And then this and then that. And I think a lot of people give up along that road. So just see it through, make friends, have fun and just give it a try.\"\n\nPawol has gained many friends and many admirers along the way. And in many ways, she’s just getting started with an exciting -- and groundbreaking -- new chapter.

Los Angeles Dodgers to Host Back-to-School Resource Fair Presented by General Mills For Students in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Dodgers are partnering with General Mills to host a Back-to-School Resource Fair on August 9, 2025, at Dodger Stadium, welcoming 500 students and families from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Attendees will receive school supplies, non-perishable food items including Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and complimentary dental screenings through UCLA Health. Current Dodgers players and alumni will be present to greet families and distribute items. Additional sponsor partners include AM 570 LA Sports, Archer Meat Snacks, King’s Hawaiian, Coca Cola, PRIME, and Fresh Brothers, which will provide resources and lunch for families.