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BOSTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As a sponsor of this year's WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, AT&T* is pleased to announce that text pledges were six times larger than expected this year. AT&T matched text pledges for a three-hour window during the fundraiser last week. During this match period, thousands of texts were received and as a result, AT&T will provide the Jimmy Fund with $20,000 to support adult and pediatric cancer research and treatment at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The two-day event raised more than $3 million overall. Giving by text is still a relatively new concept, but we're pleased to say that Bostonians generously texted their support for the Jimmy Fund this year," said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager for AT&T. "We are incredibly proud ...
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The West Haven Civic Awards Association will hold its 49th annual "In the Spirit of the Jimmy Fund Awards Night" at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Westwoods Ballroom at 85 Chase Lane. The dinner honors people who have made contributions to the community through youth sports or civic involvement, General Chairman Tom "Tinker" Blake said. Proceeds will go to the Dana -Farber Cancer Institute. Honorees are Joseph "Butch" Mrazik, who coached girls' basketball and softball; William Johnson IV, a city firefighter who has helped raise $212,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association while coaching youth and high school hockey; and Patrick Clifford, Notre Dame High School's principal who has served on many boards and commissions.
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WEST HAVEN -- The West Haven Civic Awards Association will hold its 49th annual "In the Spirit of the Jimmy Fund Awards Night" at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Westwoods Ballroom at 85 Chase Lane. The dinner honors people who have made contributions to the community through youth sports or civic involvement, General Chairman Tom "Tinker" Blake said. Proceeds will go to the Dana -Farber Cancer Institute. Honorees are Joseph "Butch" Mrazik, who coached girls' basketball and softball; William Johnson IV, a city firefighter who has helped raise $212,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association while coaching youth and high school hockey; and Patrick Clifford, Notre Dame High School's principal who has served on many boards and commissions.
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BANGOR - On Aug. 19 and 20, the ninth annual WEEI-NESN Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon will raise funds, with help from Mainers, for the Jimmy Fund, an official charity of the Boston Red Sox that supports the fight against cancer at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. On Aug. 13, The Sports Zone AM 620 WZON, will be host to the WZON Radiothon from 8 a.m. to noon. Listeners can tune in to The Sports Zone to support the Jimmy Fund.
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EAST HAVEN -- For much of his life, Bob Bailey Sr., 77, has given money when asked to the Jimmy Fund, whose funds go to pediatric cancer research and care at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. So, it was sadly ironic when his wife, Violet, died in March 2003 after being diagnosed with cancer. It was even more of an irony this May 4 when -- on Violet's birthday, no less -- Bailey scratched a ticket and found out he won the grand prize, a silver 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe, in a Burger King promotion designed to raise money for the Jimmy Fund.
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Rick Mulholland cycled 84 miles Saturday in the 32nd annual Pan- Massachusetts Challenge to benefit cancer research and treatment, but his journey is not over. He raised $630, but his goal is $3,000.
