Cutters Banquet Raises $4,500 for Andrew’s Special Kids Foundation
On a cold winter night in Williamsport, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr, former Phillie Andy Tracy, former Phillies GM Ed Wade and others entertained attendees with stories and answered audience questions...
By Williamsport Crosscutters
Cutters Banquet Raises $4,500 for Andrew’s Special Kids Foundation
With a star-studded guest list and a jam-packed Genetti Ballroom, the Williamsport Crosscutters 6th Annual Hot Stove Dinner & Auction with the Phillies was a great success while raising $4,500 for charity.
On a cold winter night in Williamsport, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr, former Phillie Andy Tracy, former Phillies GM Ed Wade and others entertained attendees with stories and answered audience questions.
Tracy, who will manage the Crosscutters in 2012, discussed his excitement about his first year as a manager this summer in Williamsport and helping young players advance through the Phillies farm system. In talking about ending his playing days after the 2011 season, he remarked, “I was ready to enter the next phase of my baseball career.”
The night, presented by HB Rentals, Woodlands Bank, WRAK Radio and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, was also highlighted by live and Chinese auctions that featured a wealth of sports memorabilia including a bat signed by Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco, baseballs signed by Phils catcher Carlos Ruiz, hall-of-famers Goose Gossage, Rod Carew, Jim Rice and many others.
Other highlights of the event included the induction of Dave Bresnahan into the Bowman Field Hall of Fame. Bresnahan played for the Double-A Williamsport Bills in 1987 and gained national and worldwide notoriety for his trick play that involved using a potato instead of a baseball in a game that season against the Reading Phillies.
At the event, Bresnahan entertained the audience by describing in detail the trick play and it’s planning. The play was ruled illegal and Bresnahan was released by the parent Cleveland Indians the next day. He made numerous TV and radio appearances across the nation in the days, weeks and years following the stunt which has been dubbed “The Great Potato Caper”.
A portion of the proceeds from the evening were donated to Andrew’s Special Kids Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to “Provide special needs children with every opportunity in life which will enable them to reach their full potential by providing them with adaptive equipment, special education opportunities, safety equipment, therapies and financial assistance for out of state travel.” At the conclusion of the festivities, Dean & Amy Kriebel the founders of the charity along with their son Andrew, accepted a check for $4,500 to help the charity and its mission.
The Crosscutters 2012 season opens on June 18. Season tickets, bonus books and group packages are currently available and can be purchased online at ww.crosscutters.com or by calling the Cutters at (570) 326-3389.
Weis Markets Joins U.S. EPA’S SMARTWAY® Transport Partnership
Weis Markets today announced it has joined the SmartWay® Transport Partnership, an innovative U.S. EPA program, that will help it assess the environmental and energy efficiency of the trucks supplying its 161 stores.
By Dennis V. Curtin - Weis Market Spokesman
Weis Markets currently operates and maintains 131 tractors and 420 trailers, which supply the company’s stores from its 1.1 million square-foot distribution center in Milton, Pennsylvania. In recent years, it has incorporated a number of conservation measures and technologies into its fleet management and operations, including fuel conservation and right-size load programs; routing software designed to reduce overall mileage and idling times; aerodynamic side skirts on new trailers that are designed to improve fuel efficiency and fuel efficient tires.
“We are pleased to be working with EPA's SmartWay Transport Program,” said Joe Kleman, Weis Markets’ Vice President of Distribution. “In recent years, we’ve made considerable progress reducing our fuel consumption and improving the overall efficiency of our truck fleet. The Smartway program will enhance our efforts and offer us insights on emerging programs and technologies that will help us build on our progress. Ultimately, we believe this will help us reduce our carbon footprint, conserve fuel and reduce our costs – it’s good for the environment and helpful to our business.”
ABOUT SMARTWAY TRANSPORT PROGRAM
EPA in close cooperation with industry stakeholders, environmental groups, American Trucking Associations and Business for Social Responsibility, helped develop and launch the SmartWay Transport Program in 2004. Partners rely upon SmartWay tools and approaches to track and reduce emissions and fuel use from goods movement. The Partnership currently has over 3000 Partners.
Since 2004, SmartWay has helped its 3,000 partners conserve 1.5 billion gallons of fuel while achieving $3.6 billion in lower fuel costs. This reduced usage has prevented 14.7 MMT of carbon dioxide (CO2), 215,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and 8,000 tons of particulate matter from being released into the environment. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas, and nitrogen oxide is an air pollutant that contributes to smog.
ABOUT WEIS MARKETS
Founded in 1912 and marking its 100th year of operation, Weis Markets, Inc. (NYSE:WMK) is a Mid-Atlantic food retailer operating 161 stores in five states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia.
'Girls on the Run' awarded grant from the Ronald McDonald House
The dreary winter is looking a little brighter for a local charity thanks to a $5,000.00 grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast PA.
On Monday, January 9, at 10 a.m., local McDonald’s Owner/Operator Doug Doherty will award a $5,000.00 grant to Diakon Family Life Services. The funds will be used to support the Girls on the Run® program.
Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, non-profit, prevention program for girls in third through eighth grades. The mission of Girls on the Run is “to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.” Diakon Family Life Services sponsors Girls on the Run programs in Lehigh and Lycoming counties of Pennsylvania. For more information on these programs, please visit www.diakin.org/gotr/
About RMHC of Northeast PA:
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast PA, Inc. provides grants totaling over $100,000.00 per year to support non-profit programs that directly improve the health and well-being of area children and their families.
Locally, RMHC is the “umbrella organization” that supports the Danville and Scranton Ronald McDonald Houses and the Ronald McDonald Family Rooms/Lounges in Lackawanna and Monroe County, as well as numerous children’s organizations throughout the region through semi-annual grant awards. The charity is
supported by McDonald’s Corporation, local McDonald’s Owner/Operators, corporate donors and McDonald’s customers.
In addition to Diakon Family Life Services, 2011 grant recipients include The Ronald McDonald House of Scranton for construction of a an expanded parking lot, new children’s playground and garden and guest room improvements; The Ronald McDonald House of Danville for heating, HVAC, and ventilation improvements for guest rooms; Mudokwan Martial Arts School at the Salvation Army of Monroe County; Blue Mountain Health System for “Healthy Smiles, Happy Kids” mobile dental van in Schuylkill and Carbon County; The Holy Rosary Association of Scranton to replace a gym floor in St. Mary’s Community Center; and Marley’s Mission, Inc., of Lake Ariel, for construction of a new therapy room at their Equine Center
Grant applications are currently being accepted for review in May 2012. For more information, or to receive a grant application, please visit www.rmhc-nepa.org or contact Beth Dal Santo at 570-714-7170 or 570-498-9138.
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