A Massachusetts-based real estate developer, Michael Intoccia is responsible for the construction of residential properties throughout the state. Over his 30-year career in the field, he has established communities noted for high-quality building methods and luxurious extras in Foxboro, Canton, North Attleboro, and other cities. In addition, Michael Intoccia is a committed philanthropist whose support of the WEEI Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament has extended to opening up his golf club at The Cape Club of Sharon for the 2017 event.
The tournament is dedicated to sending teens with cancer to visit Fort Myers, Florida, to experience spring training with the Boston Red Sox. Named for its first “Jimmy,” Einar Gustafson, the charity continues to fight for more effective treatments and to enrich the lives of young people as they fight the disease.
In the 1940s, Dr. Sidney Farber introduced the plight of the then-12-year-old Gustafson to radio listeners, with the Boston Braves taking up the cause of making his life better. Dr. Farber called all his child patients “Jimmy” or “Jane,” and the name stuck, partly as a means of guarding Gustafson’s privacy. At one time, the people of Massachusetts assumed Gustafson had died in his youth.
However, Gustafson survived and went on to establish a career and family while still living in Massachusetts. “Rediscovered” as an older adult, he became a beloved champion of the fund that had helped save his life. The Red Sox have sponsored the charity since 1953, picking up where the Braves left off.
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