He has raised money for charities in and around Ontario often at the behest of his friend, Chris Leggio, who owns a car dealership in Ontario.
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Mr. Leggio, who helped to fund Mr. Lasorda's portrait at the Smithsonian Institution, said he asked Mr. Lasorda to appear in the commercial after Ontario city officials contacted him with the idea.