Curve Announce Charitable Beneficiaries For Hot Stove Dinner & Auction
Published on January 10, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release
ALTOONA- The Altoona Curve today announced that all proceeds from the club's January 25th Hot Stove Dinner & Auction event will benefit three local charities -- The American Cancer Society, Operation Our Town and the Miracle League of Blair County. Profits from all tickets sold and the event's sports memorabilia auction will directly benefit all three organizations and stay in the Central Pennsylvania region.
"On a year-round basis, we work with many great organizations locally and throughout the region who do such important work, but we chose these three in particular because they tie into the mission of our Hot Stove event and because we wanted the money raised to make an immediate impact right here in our own community," said Curve General Manager Todd Parnell.
"Operation Our Town is committed to improving the quality of life in our area and because our mission is to provide fun, affordable, family entertainment to residents of the region we want to continue to support their extraordinary efforts," Parnell added. ""The American Cancer Society was involved with us at the inception of this event back in 2001 so we felt it was important to continue to use the Hot Stove Dinner to promote awareness for cancer since that has been a central theme each year. The Miracle League of Blair County was another obvious tie-in because it's a local baseball organization giving children who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to play an opportunity to live out their dreams and make new friends through this great game."
Operation Our Town is a partnership between community leaders and area businesses to fight drugs and violent crimes in Central Pennsylvania with the goal to "take back our neighborhoods."
"This is significant level of investment that the Curve are making into the community to be a key strategic partner in the quality of life for residents of Blair County and surrounding areas and exemplifies their commitment to making this a better place to live through supporting efforts in fighting drugs and crime," said Michael Fiore, executive vice president of Leonard S. Fiore Inc. and a member of the Operation Our Town board of directors.
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. The local ACS office is located in Hollidaysburg.
"The American Cancer Society is extremely pleased to once again partner with the Altoona Curve on its annual Hot Stove event," said Judy Winfield, President, Blair Unit Advisory Board. "The Curve have always placed great importance on benefiting the organizations that serve our community, and we at the American Cancer Society are grateful for the opportunity to be aligned with 'Everybody's Hometown Team'".
The Miracle League of Blair County provides baseball for all children with special needs. The league plays on a field constructed using a flat, cushioned rubber surface. Every player in the league bats once per inning, all base runners are safe and every player scores a run before the inning is over. The league mission is to maintain a charitable organization that provides children and youth with mental and/or physical challenges an opportunity to play baseball as a team member in an organized league.
"The Miracle League of Blair County is excited and proud to be a part of the Altoona Curve's annual Hot Stove Dinner & Auction," said Joe Reed, President of the Miracle League of Blair County. "This is a natural fit. "Our players at the Miracle League may not be able to run as fast as other kids, but their enjoyment of the game is just as great. With the support of the Curve and sports fans all over Central and Western Pennsylvania, we will be able to continue providing baseball for the disabled children of the region."
The eighth annual event will be held at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona with doors opening at 6 p.m. The dinner and entertainment portion of the evening will begin at 7 p.m., preceded by an hour of mingling, fun and games, autographs and the start of the silent auction.
Scheduled guests include Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Tom Gorzelanny, current Pirates' major league coaches Jeff Andrews (Pitching Coach) and Tony Beasley (Third Base Coach), 2007 Altoona Curve manager Tim Leiper, former Curve fan favorites Brian Bixler, Josh Bonifay, Mike Connolly and Mike Johnston, former Curve hitting coach and current Pirates' radio and television broadcaster John Wehner, Eastern League President Joe McEacharn, Pirates' Director of Player Development Kyle Stark and Penn State University head baseball coach Robbie Wine.
Tickets cost $60 for adults and $35 for children and can be purchased in person at either the Blair County Ballpark main office or the Curve Stockyard location inside the Logan Valley Mall, or on-line at AltoonaCurve.com.
For more information on the 2008 Curve Hot Stove Dinner & Auction, fans can contact the Curve at (814) 943-5400 or visit AltoonaCurve.com.
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