The Girls of Summer event celebrates the amazing women of Red Sox Nation. This all-day event includes clinics with Red Sox coaches, a behind-the-scenes tour of Fenway Park, a question and answer session with Red Sox players and front office staff, and much more.
Red Sox Community Programs
For over two decades, the Red Sox and the American Red Cross join forces each year to host a blood drive on the anniversary of September 11th in memory of those lost in 2001.
The Red Sox are proud to partner with Action for Boston Community Development on its annual "Field of Dreams" fundraiser. Corporate teams match up at Fenway and support ABCD's SummerWorks program, which places low income Boston youth in paying jobs while providing them with mentoring, career readiness and life skills. Since its inception, the event has raised nearly $5 million.
Each year, the PLAY (Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth) Campaign hosts an event at Fenway Park. The morning activities feature a representative from the Taylor Hooton Foundation teaching the group about the dangers of performance enhancing drug use and giving a lesson on how steroids can affect the body.
The participants are then split into three groups and run through multiple stations hosted by members of Boston's training staff. Following the drills, the groups participate in a question and answer session with select Red Sox players.
Launched in 2017, Take the Lead is a collaboration among New England's sports teams to stand up to racism and hate speech, and to provide diverse communities with access and opportunities to careers in sports. Sports mirror society, and the social issues that we face in our communities often arise in our ballparks, stadiums and arenas.
We have decided to take a stand against one of the most difficult challenges - combating racism and hate - in our own homes and in our venues. We hope by setting the standard where we live and play, and looking within our organizations to bring about meaningful change, we will encourage fans to take the lead in their own homes, businesses, and communities.