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BOSTON COMMON CELEBRATED COVER STAR/BOSTON SPORTS HERO DAVID ORTIZ—AND SUPPORTED HIS FUND FOR UNDERPRIVELEGED CHILDREN.

Boston Common held its cover party for retired Red Sox slugger David Ortiz at Strega Waterfront. The well-dressed crowd enjoyed cocktails from EFFEN Vodka and Maker’s Mark along with delectable bites from the Strega kitchen. Boston Common publisher Glen Kelley, comedian and actor Lenny Clarke, and

Strega’s Nick Varano took the stage during the interactive live auction, during which Ortiz signed baseballs and tossed them out to the crowd for $1,000 each, raising $22,000 in just five minutes to benefit The David Ortiz Children’s Fund. Notable guests included Governor Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren Baker, Herb Chambers, Steve DiFillippo, Fast Freddy, and Celtics stars Isaiah Thomas, Kelly Olynyk, and Jae Crowder. Partygoers were invited to spin the Foxwoods Resort Casino wheel to win luxury items (with proceeds going to the Ortiz fund) and check out the season’s finest new jewelry on display courtesy of Sidney Thomas Jewelers.

Red Sox legend David Ortiz brought his A-game to his Boston Common cover party, tossing signed balls into the crowd and raising $22,000 in just five minutes for his David Ortiz Children’s Fund.

Paul Guitard and Sean Reynolds Brian and Sherry Kelly Ben Rawitz and Roy MacDowell III Kerry Brett and Bill Brett Christa Spengeman and Hunter Perry

Paul LaRocca, David Ortiz, and Scott Rider

Weil Attauabi and Benny Chong

Isaiah Thomas, Nick Varano, and Jae Crowder

Andrew and Jessica Knez

Mia Zarrella

Lenny Clarke, Tiffany Ortiz, and “Fast” Freddy Murphy