Below are a few stories that highlight the relationship between the Red Sox and Dana-Farber's Jimmy Fund.
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For teens with cancer, road trips offer baseball and bonding
Tim Wakefield didn't pitch in Chicago on Aug. 9, but he still made a big impression on one very special group of fans who traveled from Boston to see the Red Sox take on the White Sox that Saturday at U.S. Cellular Field. Read more
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For O'Neills, long wait is over
It's hard to find two scarier words than war and cancer. In the case of the O'Neill family of Brookline, both have been spoken daily for far too long. Now, however, they'll be going on the back burner. Read more
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Jersey raises $175,100 for the Jimmy Fund
The famed "Yankee curse" jersey sold to Imperialcars.com president Kevin Meehan, of Mendon, Mass., on April 24. Dana-Farber auctioned off the Red Sox shirt adorned with David Ortiz's name and famed No. 34 after it was discovered in two feet of concrete under the new Yankee Stadium on April 12. Read more
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Jimmy Fund tips its cap to Twins Enterprise
For more than 60 years, the Jimmy Fund and Twins Enterprise have been favorite
organizations of Boston Red Sox fans. Now the two are joining forces to help
fight cancer. Read more
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Patient helps Red Sox, Jimmy Fund "ring in" 55 years together
When David Ortiz of the Red Sox proudly showed off his new 2008 World Series ring during Tuesday's Opening Day ceremonies at Fenway Park, a gaggle of photographers jockeyed to get a closer look at Big Papi's bling. Eleven-year-old fan Molly O'Neill, however, had already seen it up close — and even got to try it on before Ortiz. Read more
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Teen patients travel to Spring Training
Thirty-two Jimmy Fund Clinic teenagers traveled to 2008 Spring Training to see the Boston Red Sox in action.
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For Jimmy Fund Chairman Mike Andrews, World Series brings back memories
Former Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews, Jimmy Fund chairman since 1979, has been deeply involved with the charity for decades. Forty years after playing for the "Impossible Dream" team, Andrews reflects on his introduction to the organization. Read more
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Wife of Red Sox hero has her own young fans in Jimmy Fund Clinic
A hospital is the last place you'd expect a kid would want to be on a Wednesday morning, but ask Jennifer Deane how much trouble she has getting her 4-year-old son Dario to come to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and she just laughs. "He loves coming here," she says. The medical procedures, of course, are not enjoyable at all, but the activities they enjoy during their "down time" in the clinic's playroom is a blast thanks in large part to one person — activities assistant Rosemary Lonborg. Read more
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Jimmy Fund tribute puts Nixons in spotlight during Fenway return
Trot Nixon had some huge hits for the Red Sox, but it's what he and his wife, Kathryn, accomplished for the Jimmy Fund that drew fans to their feet when the couple were honored at Fenway Park prior to Trot's first game against his former teammates as a member of the Cleveland Indians. Read more
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Red Sox Nation rallies for the Jimmy Fund
Boston Red Sox fans hit a grand slam in the fight against cancer by raising more than $350,000 for the Jimmy Fund during the second annual Rally Against CancerSM. The final numbers aren't in, as teams continue to pitch in contributions. Read more
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In '67, Red Sox honored another impossible dreamer: "Jimmy"
They were the youngest team in the major leagues, filled with guys who were under 25 and making considerably less than $20,000 a year. Yet when members of the 1967 Red Sox gathered in their clubhouse during the pennant race to discuss how to break up the bonus that would come their way with a World Series berth, they decided to vote a full share — about $5,500 — to someone who hadn't had a single at-bat for the club all season: a kid named Jimmy. Read more
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Red Sox stars pitch in to strike out cancer
Boston Red Sox pitchers signed autographs at Jillian's Boston on Saturday, January 6, to help the Jimmy Fund in its effort to strike out cancer. With an all-star line-up, "New Stars for Young Stars II" raised more than $30,000 to support cancer care and research at Dana-Farber. Read more
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Radio-Telethon inspires major gift
A tour of Dana-Farber reinforced the strong feelings Ralph Bates had experienced listening to the many moving stories broadcast during the August WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, and prompted him to donate $1 million. Read more
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Honor former Jimmy Fund director Ken Coleman
The late Ken Coleman, former Red Sox announcer and Jimmy Fund chairman from 1978 to 1984, has been nominated for the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence. The award is named for former baseball commissioner and National League president Ford Frick and has been presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1978. Read more
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Trot Nixon's home run visit to Sturbridge Town Hall
It wasn't an average day at Sturbridge Town Hall on Wednesday, June 21. Red Sox right-fielder Trot Nixon stopped by for an hour in the middle of the day to sign autographs and talk to town employees. Read more
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Trot Nixon heads back to school to thank Rally Against CancerSM winners
Red Sox right-fielder Trot Nixon visited Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield, Mass., which raised more money in the inaugural Rally Against Cancer than any other school. Read more
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Opening Day performance is best yet for singer-survivor Jordan Leandre
Jordan Leandre isn't able to play baseball this spring, but the 5-year-old got to do the next-best thing yesterday: sing the National Anthem on Opening Day at Fenway Park while lined up alongside his Red Sox heroes. Read more
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Jimmy Fund has strong presence at Fenway Park
On Boston Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park, April 11, the Jimmy Fund was on everyone's mind together with fans' hopes for winning another pennant and world championship. Read more
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Jordan Leandre prepares for his Opening Day debut
He's only a 5-year-old, but he's already sung the National Anthem at Fenway Park seven times. CBS-4 News explains Jimmy Fund Clinic patient Jordan Leandre is now preparing to make his Opening Day debut.
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Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Gallery gives Dana L1 a Fenway feel
Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino came to Dana-Farber expecting to celebrate the Dana-Farber's new Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Gallery on Dana L1 and spread some holiday cheer to pediatric and adult patients. What he didn't anticipate was coming face-to-face with the nurse who had cared for him during his own cancer fight 20 years earlier. Read more
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Visit by Red Sox legends DiMaggio, Doerr and Pesky honors friend, teammate's memory
More than 50 years after they helped spread the word about Dana-Farber in its earliest days, Boston Red Sox legends Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky returned to the Institute to honor both a friend treated here and the memory of their late teammate Ted Williams. Read more
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Red Sox honored at the White House, President Bush praises relationship with Jimmy Fund
President Bush congratulated the World Champion Boston Red Sox in a White House ceremony in front of 1,000 guests. In addition to praising the players' efforts on the field, he acknowledged their efforts off the field as well. View the video from 7News:
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Minor Leaguers Visit Jimmy Fund Clinic
In recent years, the Boston Red Sox have hosted an off-season rookie orientation program for their most promising minor league player prospects. As part of this introduction, 11 of the Sox's top minor leaguers recently dropped in on the Jimmy Fund Clinic for a crash course in "Red Sox Philanthropy 101." Read more
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Champions off the field, too
The year that will live forever in the history of the Boston Red Sox had plenty of moments of glory that weren't captured by a world-wide television audience. Some of the best work the Red Sox did in 2004 — the year they finally won the World Series for the first time since 1918 — was done not on the field, but in the trenches of the community. Read more
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Red Sox license plate orders increase dramatically after American League and World Series wins
Red Sox fans are celebrating the world champs while supporting the Jimmy Fund. The Registry of Motor Vehicles says Red Sox license plate orders doubled the last two weeks of October, translating into almost $12,000 for the Jimmy Fund.
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The Boston Red Sox: Champions of Cancer Research
The Boston Red Sox have always been champions, according to the patients, doctors, nurses, and researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Through thick and thin since 1953, the Red Sox have supported the search for cures at Dana- Farber through its Jimmy Fund, the team's official charity. Read more
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Fenway vendors bring World Series to Dana-Farber
With the Boston Red Sox in St. Louis for the World Series, legendary Fenway Park peanut hawker Rob Barry and a team of canary yellow-clad Aramark vendors burst into the Jimmy Fund Clinic, in an effort to bring patients and families a taste of the World Series. Read more
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At Dana-Farber, staff are among the Sox' fondest fans
For Dana-Farber employees and patients, the Red Sox are more than the hometown ballclub; they're partners — almost teammates — in the Institute's quest to conquer cancer. Read more
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From Dana-Farber to the airwaves, Uri's a Jimmy Fund success story
Uri Berenguer-Ramos is in his third season as a radio voice of the Red Sox for Spanish Beisbol Network. At 22, he's the youngest broadcaster in the major leagues, but that's only half of his remarkable story: he's also a cancer survivor who was treated for 16 years in Dana-Farber's Jimmy Fund Clinic. Read more
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Mike Andrews still chasing dreams as Jimmy Fund chairman
Former Red Sox second baseman and current Jimmy Fund Chairman Mike Andrews has spent the last 25 years working just a mile from Fenway Park pursuing another dream: an end to cancer. Read more
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Jordan Leandre — Bringing hope (and luck) to Fenway faithful, Red Sox
Boston Red Sox fans witnessed the power of perseverance and hope at Fenway Park recently, even before their baseball team rallied for yet another unpredictable playoff victory. Read more
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Sox, Jimmy Fund are perfect pair
If you can't think of another professional sports team as synonymous with a charity as the Red Sox are with the Jimmy Fund, it's probably because there isn't one. Read more
