Donations Sought For Oxford High Field Damage

OXFORD, CT — Oxford Little League Softball will help gather donations to help pay for damage to the high school field that occurred after the Quaker Farms Fire Company's annual fireworks and carnival event.

Someone decided to take a vehicle and do donuts in the field, which now requires resodding. The QFFC is responsible for the damages because they had the field for the day. The carnival's proceeds normally go to help fund equipment purchases for the volunteer fire department, but the damage is so great that proceeds would have to go to repairing the field, Oxford Fire-Rescue said on Facebook.

OLLS will help collect donations from Aug. 5 through sometime in September.

Related: Oxford High Field Damaged After Fireworks

Meanwhile police are actively investigating to determine who destroyed the field. QFFC will keep track of donations and money can be returned if the person or persons responsible are required to pay restitution by mid September.

More from Oxford Fire-Rescue:

We will accept cash and checks only. All checks should be made out to QFFC directly. For questions, clarification or coordinating your individual donation, please reach out to us at OLLSforQFFC@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page at Oxford Little League Softball.

Donation Locations (will be continuously updated):

• Monday, Aug. 5th: Donna Monticone (wearing a navy blue Oxford Softball t-shirt) will be at the soccer field/track at Great Oak Middle School track from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Wednesday, Aug. 7th: Donna Monticone (wearing a navy blue Oxford Softball t-shirt) will be at the soccer field/track at Great Oak Middle School track from 5:30 pm.- 6:15 pm. and at the front entrance of Town Hall from 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m.