Andrews retires as chairman of Red Sox charity

BOSTON (AP) -- Former Boston Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews will step down after three decades as chairman of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund.

Andrews announced on Monday that he would retire from the post at the end of the year.

The Jimmy Fund raises money for cancer care and research and has been the official charity of the Red Sox since 1953.

Under Andrews' leadership, the Jimmy Fund's annual fund raising has grown from $1 million to $64 million in fiscal 2009.

The 66-year-old Andrews was a rookie on Boston's "Impossible Dream" team in 1967 when he first became involved with the Jimmy Fund after meeting a young boy with terminal cancer.

A successor to Andrews was not immediately named.

 

 

 

 

 

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