Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program

Ever dreamed about running across home plate at Fenway Park as the crowd cheers you on? Want to be a part of an unforgettable fundraising event that will help provide much needed services to local veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan?

 

The Run to Home Base presented by New Balance is a unique fundraising event through scenic Boston ending with the unforgettable experience of finishing the race by literally crossing home plate at historic Fenway Park. Friends and family can watch you from the stands at Fenway, with food, entertainment and fun family activities available in the concourses of America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.

 

The 2012 Run-Walk to Home Base presented by New Balance will honor our nation’s heroic veterans and help raise much needed funds for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. This outreach will serve the many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat stress and/or traumatic brain injury and their families.

 

Funds raised by and through the 2012 Run-Walk to Home Base will be used to support the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, a philanthropic partnership focused on veterans returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq with traumatic brain injuries and/or combat stress and their families. Our program includes four components: confidential clinical care for veterans with these two injuries, outreach to veteran's families who are affected by these "signature wounds" of war, innovative research and educational programs for healthcare providers, clergy, social workers and the community at large. Recent studies suggest that as many as one third of servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq may be affected by combat stress and/or traumatic brain injury. Our mission is to help these veterans obtain the care they need and deserve.