We’d be nothing without you.
Red Sox Foundation – 2014 Community Report 4 Yawkey Way | Boston, MA 02215 www.redsoxfoundation.org
Our Community. Our Lives. Our Commitment. The variability of baseball can take you from despair to elation and back again. A team can go from worst to first and back again. The game is as unpredictable as New England weather in April. Yet one of baseball’s greatest gifts is its reliability—its daily
ball, help little troopers fight cancer, help returning warriors
rhythms. And one of its most precious daily rhythms is the
re-adjust to family life, or help provide basic health services
heartbeat of the team in the communities of New England.
to those who seek nothing more. We love to make dreams
From the largest of charitable grants to the smallest of
come true for the families of New England—and we thank
smiles on a child, the reach and the touch of the Red Sox
you for your role in making them happen. We hope you
are precious, profound, and palpable. The club and its
enjoy some of their stories.
foundation love to send children to college, help kids play
Dear Friends,
The Jimmy Fund
Red Sox Scholars
RBI
Dimock Center
What a fulfilling year I’ve enjoyed as Honorary Chairman of the Red Sox Foundation. As many of you know, I was blessed to have a long career in which I could combine my love of baseball with my love of helping the community. And now, in this role, I can continue to combine both of these passions. Whether it’s visiting children in the hospital, or hosting a golf tournament, or letting philanthropic businessman and women take their cuts against my ol’ knuckleball (it’s not as easy as it looks!), I am continually struck by the generosity of our community. So many people seek to do such good things. It’s a wonderful environment to be a part of. All of us with the Boston Red Sox and Foundation find this work so very gratifying. You may very well know our large areas of focus by now: The Jimmy Fund, Red Sox Scholars, the Home Base Program, RBI, and The Dimock Center. These remain the cornerstone programs that get so much of our energy and our resources. And then there are 10,000 things we do for 10,000 people. Or, to be exact, there are the 4,900 charities in New England that asked for our help this year – and we batted 1.000. We found a way to help every one. Of course, those charities don’t even tell the whole story. These stories are personal: the little child battling cancer; the Make-A-Wish child on the field before the game feeling the gigantic embrace of Big Papi; the high school senior who receives a thousand dollars because we recognize his or her spirit of service. There’s no better feeling in the world than to give back (although winning the World Series ranks right up there, I’ll admit). How blessed are we that we can live our lives, trying to do both. With more than $75 million given to charities and to the Foundation’s operation, we want you to know how your donations are used. And we want to thank you for all your help. These are special times with the Red Sox. We’ve been in the thick of an historic era. And you’ve been right there with us, helping us channel this phenomenal atmosphere into a world of good.
Home Base Program
Days of Service
The bottom line is simple: Thank You.
Tim Wakefield Honorary Chairman
THE JIMMY FUND and THE RED SOX: Teammates for Life For more than 60 years, the Red Sox relationship with the Jimmy Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been the model for sports teams. No other partnership even comes close. Millions and millions of dollars have funded life-saving research; thousands and thousands of smiles have adorned the faces of adoring children—of all ages.
Meet some of the kids who tugged at our hearts this year.
Players visit in January. Children visit in Spring Training. Players stop by during the season. Children’s stories inspire millions in an annual August radiotelethon. And the players keep on visiting— right up until Christmastime. The support goes on and on. The battle goes on and on. And the candle of hope burns.
Top: The interaction with children (and adults) provides priceless moments and enduring memories for (from the top) Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia, Heath Hembree (left) and Steven Wright, and Luis Tiant (left) and Carlton Fisk.
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Above, Larry Luchino and Dr. Ed Benz flank Jimmy Fund patient Gianna Martiniello at the opening of the new Red Sox gallery at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Left, Big Papi gives his love to some Jimmy Fund friends. Right, Drake Britton is a superhero to a Jimmy Fund child, who is a superhero to Drake.
the Red Sox/Jimmy Fund Radiotelethon on WEEI & NESN
has raised
$37,500,000 since 2002.
The Red Sox Foundation embraces the children of New England, who face financial challenges to their hope of affording college. In Boston, the Red Sox Scholars Program presented by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center awards 10 middle schoolers with college scholarships of $10,000. It funds the dream of college.
470 Students throughout New England
In the other New England states, the Red Sox Foundation provides nearly 100 high school seniors with scholarships of $1,000 based on the students’ demonstration of community service.
Since starting the Red Sox Scholars program in 2003, the foundation has honored 470 students – 240 middle schoolers in Boston and 230 high schoolers throughout New England. Beyond the scholarships, the students receive mentoring, tutoring, and many memorable moments on the field at Fenway Park.
Top: Red Sox Scholars meet Red Sox leaders (above), and are honored on the field (middle). Below, a high school senior shakes hands with the Red Sox Foundation Board Member Linda Pizzuti Henry, who came up with the idea for Red Sox New England Service Scholarships. Red Sox Foundation 2014 Community Report _____________________________ page 05
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Red Sox Scholars learn about careers in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Below, scholars line the field as a new class is introduced.
REd Sox Scholars:
Education for life
The Dimock Center in Roxbury, led by Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, is Boston’s largest health and human services agency. Working with Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Partners Healthcare, Dimock helps ensure essential health services to some of Boston’s most vulnerable communities. And when it comes to treatment for addiction, Dimock is the hospital of choice from Roxbury to Wellesley, from Dorchester to Weston.
Healing and caring for the community for 152 years
For 13 years, the Red Sox Foundation has helped Dimock provide after-school programs, GED preparation, behavioral health support, and pediatric AIDS initiatives. The Foundation’s volunteers—and the Red Sox Baseball Operations Staff—have helped renovate Dimock’s children’s facility, homeless shelter, and detox center.
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While located in the heart of the city, Dimock treats patients from no less than 212 zip codes.
The Dimock Center and the Red Sox:
Simply Saving Lives
No program created by the Red Sox Foundation touches
more hearts than the Home Base Program. The alliance with Massachusetts General Hospital is a pioneer in treating our
returning veterans from war in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress—the invisible wounds of war.
The program, spearheaded by Tom Werner, chairman of the Red Sox and the Red Sox Foundation, was inspired by the Club’s
second visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital after the team
was honored at the White House for winning the 2007 World Series. Werner, who’s own father was uncommunicative upon his return
from war, was honored with the Outstanding Civilian Service award
at a Pentagon ceremony on October 30, 2014, for his work with the Home Base Program (pictured right).
The Red Sox Foundation’s Run to Home Base 9K has raised
$13 million of the $15 million that the foundation has donated for research and treatment for “the invisible wounds of war.” The program provides our veterans and their families with a most welcome touch of home.
Top: In 2014, Chairman Tom Werner accepted a second gift of $1,000,000 from the McCormick Foundation in partnership with Major League Baseball and the “Welcome Back Veterans” initiative for the Red Sox Foundation and Mass General Hospital Home Base Program. Middle and Bottom: Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Tom Werner lead the ceremonies at the Run. Red Sox Foundation 2014 Community Report _____________________________ page 09
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Does a veteran you know have signs of combat stress or Traumatic Brain Injury?
• Difficulty sleeping or nightmares • Feeling anxious, on alert or irritable • Headaches • Dizziness, trouble with balance
• Feeling numb and not able to connect with family members and friends • Trouble concentrating or remembering things
» Visit
Home Base Program:
Healing the invisible wounds of war
homebaseprogram.org
The Red Sox and their foundation fund and operate several programs that make sure children have the opportunity to play ball. The RBI program, instituted by Major League Baseball, teaches at-risk children about non-violent conflict resolution, resistance to drugs and alcohol, health and fitness, and educational achievement. Within RBI, the Rookie League fosters a love of baseball for the little ones, aged 5-12, while RBI extends all the way to 18-year-olds. More than 2,000 children participate each year. The Red Sox also dispatch players to talk baseball (while weaving in the lessons of life) with kids all over Boston. Red Sox Children’s Retreats bring nearly 100 teens to the beautiful Ron Burton Training Village in Hubbardston throughout the summer. These barrier-breaking bonding sessions fill the children with athletics, food, and fellowship. The Boston Area Church League, which the Red Sox and former Mayor Menino created in 2002, brings more than 600 Boston children to ball fields in the summer. They play Saturday double headers with pastors as coaches, police as umpires, and district attorneys as volunteers. The Lindos Sueños Program, which the Red Sox created with philanthropist Charlene Engelhard in 2004, brings Boston teens of various backgrounds to the Dominican Republic each summer to play with their teenage counterparts. Before taking the field each afternoon at the Red Sox Academy, the children collaborate each morning to render community service to towns in the Dominican. Generously funded by global electronics giant Funai, the Red Sox Foundation brings Japanese youth to Boston for a 12-day exchange of baseball and culture. The guests stay with local host families – an experience that literally transforms their view of the world and their place in it. The program features visits to educational and cultural attractions. Through a shared love of baseball, the Japanese and American teens build a common bond. Red Sox Foundation 2014 Community Report _____________________________ page 11
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RBI, Lindos Sueùos, and the Boston Area Church League are three programs that bring children close to the game. Opposite page, Tim Wakefield officiates at RBI Opening Day. Above, a little one enjoys Rookie League, while older kids are Shane Victorino’s guests at Fenway. And below, one of many girls displays her softball skills.
Reviving Baseball in Inner cities (RBI):
play ball for life
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In celebrating Little League’s 75 year milestone, it was only natural for the Foundation to reach out to the Massachusetts Little League serving more than 67,500 children in the Commonwealth. Little League offers great opportunity for boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 18, regardless of their athletic abilities, to participate in baseball and softball. Spearheaded by Foundation Board Member, Mike Egan, and with great support of HP Hood, the Foundation was able to sponsor over 130 little league teams in Massachusetts.
Pictured Right: Boston Mayor Martin Walsh cuts the ribbon on refurbished fields for the Savin Hill Little League, in Dorchester. Before becoming Mayor, the native of the neighborhood was a coach in the Little League program. Thanks to Red Sox Foundation Board Member Mike Egan (pictured above left) with Lynne Bohan of HP Hood and Tim Wakefield. Red Sox Foundation 2014 Community Report _____________________________ page 13
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Massachusetts Little League initiative:
Calling all kids
Whether winning the World Series or watching it on television in October, Red Sox players are consistent champions in community efforts. Led by Roberto Clemente Award Winner David Ortiz, and Club nominee Craig Breslow, each player participates in the Club’s community efforts—and many initiate and operate their own outstanding efforts. From Manager John Farrell to his coaches to the players, these charismatic ambassadors made 468 appearances in 365 days in 2014. Red Sox Alumni made 234 more appearances—bringing the total of uniformed personnel to 702 in 365 days. Beyond their personal touches, the players signed thousands of authenticated items that helped exactly 4,900 accredited non-profits in New England raise untold millions for their charities.
Top: Mike Napoli, Ben Cherington, Clay Bucholz, Dustin Pedroia, and Craig Breslow are constant community champions, as is Roberto Clemente Award Winner David Ortiz. Red Sox Foundation 2014 Community Report _____________________________ page 15
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The REd Sox Players:
Champions off the field
Once again, names like like Breslow and Pedroia are community champions – whether it’s Mr. or Mrs.
The Red Sox Wives are as active as their husbands in community endeavors. They scoop ice cream to delighted kids for the Jimmy Fund. They take calls from donors at the radiotelethon. They model clothes in the annual “Fenway to the Runway” fundraiser, and many work industriously for the foundations they have created with their husbands. They are every bit the champions that their husbands are.
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A host of Wives model fashions for charity at “Fenway to the Runway� (Meghan Layne, Kelli Pedroia, Georgia Nua, Tyler Tumminia, Gretchen Pace, Lindsay Bucholz, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Sara Badenhop, Liz Brunner, Rachel Nava, Karina De La Rosa, Kelly Breslow, Jenny Dell, Brianna Hammonds, Shannon Wright). Below, they ride for Team 9 in the Pan Mass Challenge. (Tiffany Ortiz, Stacey Lucchino, Sue Farrell and friends.)
red sox wives:
Champions of good will
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When the major league club trains at JetBlue Park at Fenway South in February and March, they make their mark in Lee County and Southwest Florida as well. Special thanks to NESN and the Biogen Foundation for their support of Red Sox Foundation Game Night.
Spring Training in Lee COunty, Florida:
A year-round connection
Charitable Box Score 2002-2014
$3
Million
$4.6
Million
4,900 in 2014
Red Sox Foundation support for the Red Sox Scholars Program – created in 2003
Children’s athletic programs (including RBI, Lindos Sueños, Japan Exchange, and Massachusetts Little League)
Accredited New England non-profits benefited by the Red Sox Community through grants and donated items
$15.5 Million
$1.1
Million
702
in 2014
Total raised by the Red Sox Foundation for the Home Base Program
Donated to the Dimock Center by the Red Sox Foundation since 2002
Community Appearances by Red Sox Manager, Coaches, Players and Alumni
Red Sox Foundation Grants and Funding of Charitable Programs and Operations:
$75,000,000
A cool idea becomes a worldwide hit. A worldwide phenomenon of goodwill in 2014 had its roots
The Ice Bucket Challenge became a social media
in Fenway Park. In 2007, big, strong Boston College Eagle
phenomenon, embraced by David Ortiz, the entire Red Sox
Pete Frates launched a home run over the fence and into
team, all of Major League Baseball, as well as other sports,
the bullpen in the Baseball Beanpot. In Fort Myers, at BC’s
entertainers, and elected officials. Donations exceeded $100
annual Spring Training game against the Red Sox, he faced
million. Awareness soared to unprecedented levels. Victory
star pitcher Curt Schilling (who unapologetically struck him
has many fathers; defeat is an orphan. Pete Frates may not
out). Then, when Frates was struck with Amyotrophic Lateral
have been the only father of phenomenon, but he certainly
Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), he nonetheless took
was one, and how honored we were that he was deluged
the field at Boston writer Steve Buckley’s annual Oldtime
among his beloved Red Sox at Fenway Park, and that the
Baseball game in Cambridge in August of 2012. There, Red
Commissioner of Baseball recognized him on that same field
Sox officials encouraged Frates to tell his compelling story in
a month later. What a mark to leave on this game and this
social media. And did he ever.
cause. Our best wishes continue to go to Peter Frates, his wife, Julie and their daughter, little Lucy.
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A Debt of Gratitude
The role of the Red Sox in the community was enhanced immeasurably by three gentlemen to whom we dedicate this year’s report.
In Celebration
Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig On Saturday, September 27, 2014, the penultimate day of the season, the Red Sox and their fans expressed
their gratitude to the retiring Commissioner of Baseball,
Allan H. (Bud) Selig. The achievements of his stellar 22year career are wide-ranging and well-chronicled. This
particular recognition is for his unparalleled commitment to the community. In Boston, he made generous
donations each year on behalf of Major League Baseball to the Jimmy Fund, and he bestowed upon the Red Sox Foundation the first-ever Commissioner’s Award for Philanthropic Excellence for our Red Sox Scholars Program. In back-to-back years, he recognized the extraordinary community efforts of Tim Wakefield and
David Ortiz, presenting each with the Roberto Clemente Award, baseball’s highest honor for humanitarian
service. He brought the family of Boston’s own Pete Frates to the World Series to thank him for heightening awareness and funds for ALS. To this wonderful baseball fan—whose love he has spread throughout
In Memorium:
Mayor Thomas M. Menino
New England and across the globe—we say, “Thank you for loving this game with all of your heart, and for recognizing that loving the community is the sweetest part.”
The Red Sox lost an ardent fan—and
Red Sox fans lost an tireless advocate— with the passing of Mayor Thomas M.
In Memorium:
Dick Bresciani
Menino. From the saving of Fenway
Park to the Duck Boats on the Charles, he cared about what his citizens cared about—and he was a constant and
Fans throughout New England
and across Red Sox Nation will miss Dick Bresciani, a constant
at Fenway Park for more than 42
years. While handling a variety of public relations roles for the club over the years, “Bresh” oversaw the club’s community outreach for decades. All of those visits that the club arranged to the Jimmy Fund;
all of those appearances by players in the towns of New England; all of those precious items that raised millions for charities—all came under his supervision. He did far more than we can express, but those whose lives he touched, and those whose lives he improved, will remember with fondness this good
man who dedicated his life to baseball. On behalf of every fan of the Boston Red Sox, we extend our love to his beloved Joanne, and we say once more, “Thanks, Bresh.”
fierce advocate on their behalf. When the Red Sox would seek his counsel on how to best help the community, he was ready with specific advice.
He loved his team; he loved his town. We will miss him; we will remember him. On behalf of every citizen and every fan whose neighborhood he
improved, and whose fan experience
he improved, we extend our hearts to his beloved Angela, and we say, yet again, “Thank you, Mayor Menino.”
The Red Sox Partners:
Making dreams come true for families of New England
John W. Henry Principal Owner
PICTURED ABOVE Left to Right
Tom Werner Chairman
Red Sox Foundation Board
Red Sox Foundation Staff
Tom Werner, Chairman Linda Pizzuti Henry Larry Lucchino Sean McGrail Joan Alfond Charlotte Wagner Michael Egan Linda Whitlock David Friedman Chad Gifford Michael Gordon
Gena Borson, Executive Director Michael Blume Tyler Petropulos Ron Burton, Jr. Marisa Roncevich David Friedman Justin Prettyman Rico Mochizuki Jeff White Mike O’Connor
Red Sox Community Relations Staff Sarah Narracci Sheri Rosenberg Kathryn Quirk Joe Bradlee
Larry Lucchino President / CEO
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William Alfond Ted Alfond Thomas DiBenedetto Michael Egan David Ginsberg Michael Gordon Seth Klarman Henry McCance Phil Morse Arthur Nicholas Bruce Rauner Frank Resnek Martin Trust Jeffrey Vinik Herb Wagner Sen. George Mitchell (Senior Advisor) Not pictured: John Kaneb
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Our Thanks to Our Friends and Charitable Sponsors Covidien Ace Ticket Actifio Amgen Aramark Bank of America BAE Systems The Baupost Group Beacon Capital Partners Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Biogen Foundation The Boston Beer Company The Boston Foundation BoSox Club Boston Globe/Boston.com Mike Boyle Mary Breiter Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Carrie Campbell Citizens Bank Conover Tuttle Pace The Corvias Group Cross Insurance Custom Cable CVS Caremark Charity Classic Deutsche Bank Draft Kings The Ebersol Family Edwards, Wildman, Palmer LLP Ernst & Young Fenway Ambassadors
Funai Electric Neal Fisher Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Goodwin-Procter, LLP Hess Highland Street Foundation Home Goods HP Hood Hotel Commonwealth Jack Rabbit JetBlue Airways Art Kelly Keurig Klarman Family Foundation Kind Snacks Gregg Lemkau Mark Lev Peter and Carolyn Lynch Foundation Larry Marino Learning by Giving Foundation Jack McCormick Martignetti Liquors John and Mary Mills Mix 104.1/WBMX NESN New Balance New England Patriots Foundation Mike Offner Mike O’Malley Rebecca Pacheco Pitching in for Kids
Poland Spring Red Sox Productions Susan and Terry Ragon RBI Coaches and Volunteers Residence Inn at Marriott Rich Roper Saks Fifth Avenue Pat Sandora The Shamrock Foundation Shearman & Sterling, LLP Sports Images Suffolk Construction The Sunshine Lady Foundation Target Corporation
Tiger Woods Foundation TJ Maxx Carol Troxell Uniqlo Wagner Family Foundation Walmart WEEI – Entercom Wharf Industries John White Wise Foods, Inc. Vinik Family Foundation Yawkey Foundation Sara Youngelson
Special Thanks: Sean McGrail, President and the entire NESN team
Sam Kennedy, Executive Vice President/COO Ben Cherington, Executive Vice President/General Manager Jonathan Gilula, Executive Vice President/Business Affairs Dr. Charles Steinberg, Executive Vice President & Senior Advisor to the President / CEO Ed Weiss, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & General Counsel, FSG Troup Parkinson, Senior Vice President/Client Services Sarah McKenna, Vice President/Fan Services & Entertainment Pam Kenn, Senior Director of Public Affairs Zineb Curran, Director of Corporate Communications
Report Produced By: MORE Advertising, Donna Latson Gittens, Designed by Jill Pertuso Photography courtesy of the Boston Red Sox
Kevin Gregg, Director of Media Relations
Volunteer with Red Sox Foundation Nation! Red Sox Foundation Nation volunteers have renovated children’s centers and veterans’ recreation facilities in our community, sent packages to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, worked at local food banks and shelters, and assisted local nonprofits. Volunteers also help fundraise through
game day raffles and at special team charity events. In and out of season, the Red Sox Foundation hosts regular volunteer nights. To learn more about how you can be a member of our charitable team, please visit: www.redsoxfoundation.org
We’d be nothing without you.
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