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探花社区 College to Host BEST Celebrity Meet & Greet 鈥 July 19

Event featuring baseball stars to raise scholarship funds for area students to attend college

Celebrity Meet & Greet

Bethlehem, Pa., June 19, 2015鈥擝aseball 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 探花社区 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鈥檕euvres, 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.

鈥淲e pleased to host this year鈥檚 celebrity meet and greet and support BEST鈥檚 efforts to raise funds for student scholarships.鈥 said Bryon L. Grigsby, president of 探花社区 College. 鈥淏EST 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 探花社区 College students over the years, and for that we are grateful.鈥

One of forty-one high school students receiving BEST college scholarships in 2015 is Taylor Garza from Freedom High School who will be attending 探花社区 College this fall. Three recent 探花社区 College alumni benefited from the program in past years and are now leading successful careers. Kayla Toncik 鈥13, a business major while at 探花社区 is employed Sherwin Williams 鈥 Corporate. Kirsten Gehm 鈥13 is a teacher at North Warren High School in New Jersey. Albie Moran 鈥13, who studied computer science and played football at 探花社区, is a member of the IT Department in the Phillipsburg New Jersey School District.

Johnson Hall is located on 探花社区 College鈥檚 Main Street Campus near the corner of Monocacy and Locust Streets in Bethlehem, Pa. 探花社区 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.

探花社区 College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For over 270 years, the 探花社区 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 探花社区 College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.