History
Home runs on the field and at Dana-Farber
Former Jimmy Fund Clinic patient Danny Pardi (left) shares a special moment with Red Sox President/Chief Executive Officer Larry Lucchino.
The Yawkeys' commitment to the Jimmy Fund over the years made the charity a household name and, more importantly, helped Dana-Farber make unprecedented strides in cancer research and care.
When the Jimmy Fund/Red Sox partnership started in the 1950s, few cancer treatment options were available and most patients with the disease did not survive. Today, with the use of chemotherapy, radiation, vaccines, targeted drugs, and other therapies, half of all patients do. Indeed, these therapies have led to cure rates nearing 90 percent for some forms of childhood cancer.
Principal Red Sox owner John Henry (right) gets to know Jimmy Fund Clinic patient Gabby Lukas and her father at an outing at Fenway Park.
Although the Yawkey era came to an end with the sale of the team in early 2002, the Red Sox's decades-strong partnership with the Jimmy Fund has been embraced by the team's current ownership group, led by John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino. In 2003, the trio launched a year-long 50th Anniversary celebration featuring a radiothon that raised more than $1 million and a host of other events.
This anniversary celebration is just one indication that the Red Sox commitment to the Jimmy Fund remains in full swing. In the words of Lucchino, team president and CEO, as well as a former patient at Dana-Farber: "The Red Sox are part of the fabric of this city and the Jimmy Fund is an inseparable part of the Red Sox."
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