Boston Red Sox Partnership
The relationship that the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund share is the longest standing, most extensive, and significant team-charity relationship in all of professional sports.
The Red Sox formed a partnership with the Jimmy Fund on April 10, 1953, after the Braves left Boston for Milwaukee, and has continued to support the organization since. The anniversary of the partnership generally falls just before the Red Sox Home Opener. It is celebrated with the display of the Boston Red Sox/Jimmy Fund logo on the "Green Monster" in Fenway Park. In addition, the Red Sox team with radio station WEEI and TV station NESN to hold Jimmy Fund Day at Fenway Park and a 48-hour radio-telethon.
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