Event featuring baseball stars to raise scholarship funds for area students to attend college
Bethlehem, Pa., June 19, 2015—Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins and Cy Young Award winner Vida Blue will be among the celebrities at the BEST Inc. scholarship fundraising meet and greet at Moravian College on Sunday, July 19, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Johnston Hall. Former Philadelphia Phillies Executive Bill Giles, the Honorary Chair of the event will be in attendance.
Other confirmed celebrities participating include former baseball stars Ross Grimsley, pitcher, and Ron Hansen, shortstop of the Baltimore Orioles, former New York Yankee pitcher Stan Bahnsen. Newly-crowned Miss New Jersey Lindsey Giannini will also be among the 25 celebrity guests.
Attendees will enjoy refreshments, hors d’oeuvres, and live music during the event. A silent auction of over 200 items will be held and include a JSA Certified autographs by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Admission to the Meet and Greet is $50. BEST is also holding a celebrity golf outing at Silver Creek Country Club in Hellertown, Pa. on July 20. For tickets and more information, visit or call Judy Tierney 610-504-4239 or email juti43@rcn.com.
Building Education Support Teams (BEST) was founded in 2008 to create educational and career opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds and assist them in obtaining a college degree and joining the Lehigh Valley workforce. BEST provides scholarships to students to purse post-secondary education. The organization also assigns mentors to each student who receives an award. The mentors follow the students throughout their college careers to help ensure their success.
“We pleased to host this year’s celebrity meet and greet and support BEST’s efforts to raise funds for student scholarships.” said Bryon L. Grigsby, president of Moravian College. “BEST lends a helping hand to many students each year who pursue their dreams of a better future through higher education. BEST scholarships have helped a number of Moravian College students over the years, and for that we are grateful.”
One of forty-one high school students receiving BEST college scholarships in 2015 is Taylor Garza from Freedom High School who will be attending Moravian College this fall. Three recent Moravian College alumni benefited from the program in past years and are now leading successful careers. Kayla Toncik ’13, a business major while at Moravian is employed Sherwin Williams – Corporate. Kirsten Gehm ’13 is a teacher at North Warren High School in New Jersey. Albie Moran ’13, who studied computer science and played football at Moravian, is a member of the IT Department in the Phillipsburg New Jersey School District.
Johnson Hall is located on Moravian College’s Main Street Campus near the corner of Monocacy and Locust Streets in Bethlehem, Pa. Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Michael Wilson by email: wilsonm@moravian.edu, or by phone 610 861-1365.
Moravian College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For over 270 years, the Moravian College degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, cultural values and global issues, ethics, and aesthetic expression and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit to learn more about how the Moravian College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.