FIELD OF DREAMS IV WINNER ANNOUNCED

Quincy, MA - Granite City Electric Supply Company, New England’s leading independent electrical distributor, announced the town of Bridgewater, MA as the winner of the Field of Dreams IV Sweepstakes. Bridgewater will receive a fully installed sports lighting package for one of their junior softball fields, a prize worth approximately $100,000.

This year’s winner was announced live on September 22nd during NESN's Red Sox pre-game show at Fenway Park by Granite City Electric’s owner and CEO Phyllis P. Godwin. “We are so thrilled to know that the children of Bridgewater will have the fun of playing under the lights,” said Godwin. “It is a great feeling to give back to our communities and we are delighted to once again join forces with Matt Glynn (owner of Plymouth’s Glynn Electric) and Paul Mustone (of Reflex Lighting in Boston), who have generously donated the installation and lighting fixtures for this program.”

Jim Polk, Bridgewater Girls Softball Minors Commissioner, and his daughter Brittany were on hand for the winning announcement. After years of hard work and anticipation, Bridgewater broke ground on September 9th for the new softball fields that will be located behind the Crescent Street police station.

This year’s Field of Dreams Sweepstakes had 15 New England towns as finalists. Cash donations were awarded to the second, third, fourth and fifth place winning towns of Needham, MA; Monson, MA; Cranston, RI; and Halifax, MA (respectively).

The Field of Dreams Sweepstakes is in its fourth year. Previous winners were the towns of Whitman, MA (2006), Pembroke, MA (2005) and Holliston, MA (2004). Steve Helle, President and COO of Granite City Electric, commented “This program’s participation gets bigger with every year. GCE takes pleasure in the year long process and we love to watch the faces of the parents and their children during the lighting ceremony.”

Granite City Electric Supply Company, a family owned and operated electrical distributor, is a certified woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) through the State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) in Massachusetts, as well as the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). GCE was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Quincy, MA. The company has 21 locations in New England and is the Official Distributor of Electrical Supplies to the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.



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