Tim Wakefield was selfless in his dedication to the adults and children being treated for cancer at
@DanaFarber
. He was our inaugural Jimmy Fund Red Sox co-captain and always went the extra mile. He often visited our adult and pediatric floors, met our teen patients during their
Thank you to our 5-time Jimmy Fund Captain, Brock Holt, for the incredible impact he has made in the hearts and lives of patients at
@DanaFarber
while playing for the
@RedSox
. ❤️
When Andrew Kaczynski and Rachel Ensign returned to Boston for the first time since their daughter, Francesca, passed away from an infant brain tumor, they arrived at Fenway Park on a personal mission to defy cancer.
Read more on the Jimmy Fund blog:
Happy 100th birthday to
@RedSox
great, Ted Williams! Thank you for all that you did for the Jimmy Fund. Your legacy of giving lives on, always in our hearts. ❤️
Dear Brock⭐️,
We ❤️ you. Thank you for all that you do! We’re so lucky to have you on our team. Go
@RedSox
! ⚾️
Love,
All of us at
@DanaFarber
& the Jimmy Fund
Brock Holt of the
@RedSox
is a world champion and
@MLB
All-Star, but the role he's played for children at the
@DanaFarber
Cancer Institute's
@TheJimmyFund
may be even more impressive.
Today, some of the families he's touched say thank you.
We are so excited to announce that Boston
@RedSox
first baseman, Mitch Moreland, will be joining us as the 2020 Jimmy Fund Captain! Thank you to Mitch for leading our team in
@DanaFarber
and the Jimmy Fund’s mission to strike out cancer!
Congratulations to our Jimmy Fund Captain Brock Holt: the Boston
@RedSox
nominee for the
@MLB
’s Roberto Clemente Award! We are so lucky to have a champion like Brock on our team!
We are so grateful to have a friend like Jimmy Fund Captain Brock! Moments like these mean the world to us. ❤️
Thank you for including us today,
@RedSox
!
Thank you to
@ac13alex
for his incredible donation of $8,145.36 in honor of the 72
@RedSox
wins this season!
He has also pledged to give $113.13 for each additional W this season. GO SOX!
#KCANCER
❤️
Thank you to our 2020 Jimmy Fund Captain, Mitch Moreland, for being a part of our Jimmy Fund family and making an impact in the lives of patients at
@danafarber
while playing for the
@redsox
!
Congratulations to our Jimmy Fund Captain Brock Holt on being named the
@RedSox
nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award! Thank you for being a friend on and off the field, and for your unwavering support in the fight against cancer.
We are so lucky to have you on our team. ❤️
Attention streamers! We’re hosting a Meet and Greet at
@harpoonbrewery
on July 12 to bring the Jimmy Fund Let’s Game community together!
Meet us from 6-9 p.m. to connect IRL and learn more about
@DanaFarber
’s mission and how you can make an impact in the lives of cancer patients
Thanks to the Boston
@RedSox
, and Jimmy Fund Captain, Brock Holt, for the 🍕 and 🍦 party! Our patients and their families left with full bellies and full hearts!
“My friend George has a button he wears that doesn’t say he is a cancer survivor; it says ‘I’m living proof’. He is living proof that cancer can be beaten.” –Dan, a
#JimmyFundWalk
participant
.
Register w/ code JIMMY for $5 off!
We're excited to welcome the new Co-Chairs of the Jimmy Fund, Brock Holt and
@TomCaron
. Brock is a former Jimmy Fund Captain and World Series Champion with the Red Sox. Tom is
@NESN
broadcaster and cancer survivor.
#KCANCER
Jimmy Fund Captain and
@RedSox
player Brock Holt hit one out of the park today! Your constant support means the world to our patients and their families. 💙
A standing ovation at Fenway with the
@RedSox
tonight for Carrigan's performance of the National Anthem! 👏
Amazing job, Carrigan! ❤️
We
#KCANCER
for Carrigan. Donate now:
"What’s really special about the Jimmy Fund Clinic is that siblings are included in so much of what we do. When the kids get excited, we get excited!"-
@JFCactivities
❤️
#KCANCER
for
@DanaFarber
patients like King & his family, including his brother Kuro:
Today, we wish a Happy 101st Birthday to Jimmy Fund and
@RedSox
legend, Ted Williams!
We are forever grateful for Teddy Ballgame’s dedicated support and legacy of giving, which lives on in our hearts. Thank you for all that you did for the Jimmy Fund.❤️
“Coming to Boston, I only knew one thing: how dedicated the Boston fans are. Boston is a special place to play.” – Pavel Zacha of
@NHLBruins
, pictured with Eliza, 4
Boston, let’s make today one to remember. Donate now to strike out cancer: .
#KCANCER
💛🖤
We are so grateful to have a friend like Jimmy Fund Captain Brock! Moments like these mean the world to us. ❤️
Thank you for including us today,
@RedSox
!
👏 to Shelby, 6, a patient in
@DanaFarber
’s Jimmy Fund Clinic, for starting off tonight’s game!
Shelby is currently in treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and is looking forward to cheering on her friends, the
@WooSox
, at
@PolarPark2021
. ❤️
Here they are! Meet your Jimmy Fund Starting 9! ❤️
Carly, 10, plays ⚽️ and dances. She also has her own slime business!
#KCANCER
for patients like Carly:
“Hearing the word ‘cancer’ associated with my then 1-year-old was devastating. Would our son die?”
“
@DanaFarber
gave us hope in a place where everything seemed hopeless. Despite it all, Kadin is full of love, laughter, & joy.” –Kathy, mother to Kadin, 4
#ChildhoodCancerAwareness
TY to our good friend Dustin Pedroia for the incredible impact he has made in the lives of patients at
@DanaFarber
while playing for the
@RedSox
. Over the years, his resiliency on & off the field has inspired all of us here at the Jimmy Fund. ❤️⚾️💪
#15
We’re sending a heartfelt THANK YOU to
@ac13alex
and the
@RedSox
for generously donating their historic 2018 season’s
#WallOfWins
to raise money for our lifesaving mission to conquer cancer.
All of us at
@DanaFarber
& the Jimmy Fund will never forget these special memories. ❤️
Madison, 16, a patient at
@DanaFarber
, got to join the
@RedSox
at last year’s
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon.
Because of your support, patients like Madison will create more special memories like these this August. Tune in on 8/20 & 8/21 to
#KCANCER
with us.♥️
Special thanks to all of you that are helping us raise funds and awareness to honor
#TeamBeans
and all others affected by cancer! ❤️🚲
@PanMass
#PMC2021
I am lucky my son is healthy, but a lot of kids are fighting for their lives. Francesca “Beans” Kaczynski died of a rare brain cancer, she was 9 months old. Help her parents raise money for other kids treatment. Join
#TeamBeans
and DONATE TO
@DanaFarber
!
Just in from
@ac13alex
! Alex Cora is pledging to donate $113.3 to the Jimmy Fund for every base the
@RedSox
steal this season. So far, he's at $13K!
Thank you, Alex! Every dollar and stolen base will help us strike out cancer.
#KCANCER
❤️
Donate:
“PLAY BALL!” ⚾️ Way to go, Cheyenne!
#KCANCER
for kids like Cheyenne and donate now to the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. Every dollar counts! ❤️
Moments like these mean the 🌎 to us. Carly, 10, took the field tonight alongside
@asben16
and the
@RedSox
! Let's
#KCANCER
together ⚾️
Donate now to the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon for patients like Carly.
“Anytime you can bring light to the kids going through this, it’s truly incredible.” -
@mattbarnesRHP
Thank you to the
@RedSox
for giving lasting memories to patients at
@DanaFarber
’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. ❤️
Let’s
#KCANCER
!
We are getting close to $3.5 million raised! Thank you for your generous support. ❤️
There’s still time to donate. How much higher can we go?
#KCANCER
:
We are forever grateful for all that Tim Wakefield & his wife Stacy did for the Jimmy Fund. His efforts to strike out cancer as a baseball player,
@NESN
broadcaster, and friend of the Jimmy Fund helped lead to remarkable progress in the treatment of cancer for children and
Help us
#KCANCER
with the
#RedSox
! To kick off the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, our friends, The Lyons Family, will donate up to $5,000 for every ❤️ & 🔁.
❤️ Favorite=$5
🔁 Retweet=$10
P.S. Today is
#NationalNonprofitDay
. Donate directly:
We are more inspired than ever by our incredible
@DanaFarber
patients; by the
@RedSox
& all of our partners; & by you, for your selfless support. We raised $4,456,571 at the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon! THANK YOU. ❤️
We’ll see you back at Fenway next year.
#KCANCER
“Coming here is the culture I’ve stepped into with the
@NHLBruins
. I couldn’t be happier continuing that legacy. This is bigger than hockey—bigger than us.” -
@JeremySwayman
Thanks for helping us
#KCANCER
today on
@NESN
, Jeremy! 🖤💛
Donate:
The start of another baseball season in
#Boston
is not the same without two of our heroes—former Jimmy Fund captain and
@RedSox
legend, Tim Wakefield; and Larry Lucchino, Chairman of the Jimmy Fund, Dana-Farber Trustee, Chairman of the
@woosox
, and Red Sox President/CEO Emeritus.
“After going through what I went through with non-Hodgkin lymphoma the last couple of years, I am thrilled to be a part of this and help out any way I can.” –
@RedSox
’s Liam Hendriks
Thank you, Liam, for joining us today! Donate:
#KCANCER
Yesterday, singer-songwriter
@NoahKahan
stopped by Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic to visit with some of our youngest patients. Moments like these mean so much to our patients and their families – THANK YOU! 💙
Cheyenne, 6, is practicing for her big moment tonight: saying “PLAY BALL!” to start off the
@RedSox
game ⚾️
Her new friends
@mookiebetts
&
@JDMartinez14
were there to cheer her on!
#KCANCER
❤️
“Brock created wonderful memories with my grandson that will live on for years.”–Ed
Donate $50 or more to the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon by 8/11 and be entered to win a once-in-a-lifetime shopping experience with a
@RedSox
player!
“Anything we can do to brighten days, we wanna do. It’s something I think is great."-
@mookiebetts
on spending time with Jimmy Fund Clinic patients
Donate to now to help
#KCANCER
:
We ♥️ this time of year! Patients in
@DanaFarber
’s Jimmy Fund Clinic shared hugs and laughs with our friends,
@Wally97
and the
@RedSox
. Thank you for creating these special holiday memories with us.
"There's such a passion for the Jimmy Fund here. The partnership is strong. This is what it is to be a part of the
@RedSox
. We come together as a team for this."-
@Npivetta27
Help us
#KCANCER
! Donate now to the
@WEEI
/
@NESN
Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon:
Just in from
@ac13alex
! Alex Cora is pledging to donate $13 to the Jimmy Fund for every run the
@RedSox
score this season. So far, he is at $8,593!
Thank you, Alex! Every dollar and run scored will help us strike out cancer.
#KCANCER
❤️
Along the
#JimmyFundWalk
course, you will find mile markers featuring the faces and stories of 52
@DanaFarber
patients known as Jimmy Fund Walk Heroes. Each year, these stories serve as inspiration for thousands of walkers taking steps to conquer cancer.
With your help, we can reach our goal to
#KCANCER
!
We have just passed $2 million raised! THANK YOU! ❤️ Cam, 4, helped us update the
@ArbellaIns
tote board.
Let’s go even higher! Donate👉
Our friends from the
@RedSox
, Xander and Kiké, helped us update the tote board!
We have just passed $2.8 million raised. THANK YOU! ❤️
Let's go even higher! Donate👉
With your help, we can reach our goal to
#KCANCER
.
"Our bad day is not nearly as bad as what these kids are going through. We do what we can to put a smile on their faces. The
@RedSox
do a good job of making these kids happy." -
@mookiebetts
⚾️❣️
#KCANCER
with us today: