Tuesday, August 11, 2015

WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon Is August 18-19

Next Tuesday and Wednesday (August 18 and 19), Arbella Insurance Foundation will sponsor the 14th Annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. The event will feature stories of patients, doctors and nurses from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. It will also include celebrity guests like Red Sox President/CEO Larry Lucchino and 2015 Jimmy Fund Co-Captains Brock Holt and Pablo Sandoval. Former Red Sox great Curt Schilling will also appear with his oncology nurse from Dana-Farber. Other notable attendees will be Boston Celtics Head Coach Brad Stevens, former Red Sox manager Terry Francona, current manager John Farrell, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. You can follow all the events live on WEEI (93.7 FM) and NESN. To help strike out cancer during the telethon, please call 877-738-1234 toll free. You can also make a gift online by going to www.JimmyFundRadioTelethon.org, or text KCANCER to 20222 to make a $10 gift.