{"id":19863,"date":"2025-01-17T03:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19863"},"modified":"2025-01-17T03:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:12:21","slug":"%f0%9f%92%a5-shocking-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-announces-massive-donation-to-los-angeles-fire-relief-you-wont-believe-the-amount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19863","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udca5 SHOCKING: Dodgers\u2019 SHOHEI OHTANI ANNOUNCES MASSIVE DONATION to Los Angeles Fire Relief \u2013 You Won\u2019t Believe the Amount!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani announced Thursday night that he is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and those forced to live in shelter to help animals in need.<\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE6Ou2SJpAy\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com&amp;rp=%2Fdodgers-shohei-ohtani-announces-massive-donation-to-los-angeles-fire-relief%2F2025%2F01%2F16%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2339.3999999910593%2C%22ls%22%3A484.19999998807907%2C%22le%22%3A1550.0999999940395%7D\" height=\"1201\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts go out to all the firefighters who continue to fight for us during the fires in LA,\u201d Ohtani wrote in Japanese which was translated to English by Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be donating $500,000 to help those firefighters and those forced to live in shelter to help animals in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Los Angeles Dodgers are also working together with teams from other competitions to help sell T-shirts and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope you all will consider this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\">\n<p>\u201cI hope you recover soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani is one of the numerous Dodgers to donate to L.A. fire relief.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie and Chelsea Freeman made a $300,000 donation to fire relief. Chris Taylor and Clayton Kershaw are among other Dodgers to raise money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay up to date with all the latest fire information in Los Angeles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fire.ca.gov%2f&amp;redir_log=641376171591163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fire.ca.gov%2fincidents%2f2025%2f1%2f7%2featon-fire&amp;redir_log=710594633588349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eaton Fire<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fire.ca.gov%2fincidents%2f2025%2f1%2f7%2fpalisades-fire&amp;redir_log=950784221714380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palisades Fire<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fx.com%2fLACoFDPIO%3fref_src%3dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;redir_log=385749239656528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L.A. County Fire Department<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2flacounty.gov%2femergency%2f&amp;redir_log=996590876807219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L.A. County Government<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fapp.watchduty.org%2fi%2f40388&amp;redir_log=094605250279214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Duty<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Watch Duty organizes information on a map of the U.S., which is dotted with flame icons representing active wildfires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=CA32JC&amp;crop=15250.14422373.6070281.8003155&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fprotect.genasys.com%2fhazards%3fsort%3ddistance%26z%3d14.208766470789243%26latlon%3d34.185744534572464%252C-118.14107275018699&amp;redir_log=817377337501726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genasys Protect<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Genasys Protect is a citizen site and app. Officials in your community use Genasys Protect to share safety information and instructions with you during emergencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani announced Thursday night that he is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and those forced to live in shelter to help&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udca5 SHOCKING: Dodgers\u2019 SHOHEI OHTANI ANNOUNCES MASSIVE DONATION to Los Angeles Fire Relief \u2013 You Won\u2019t Believe the Amount! 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