It is a new year and a lot will be going on over the next few months at the Foundation especially with Spring Training just around the corner.

The new year also brings some new members to the Foundation Team. All of us at the Foundation are happy to welcome Jillian Buttenham and Jessica Chase, the new curators for the Fergie Jenkins Baseball and Black History Museum. Jillian and Jessica (pictured above) are already hard at work towards making sure the new museum is up and running as soon as possible. They hope to hold a Grand Opening for the Black History section of the museum in early February as a part of Black History Month.

You can follow the Fergie Jenkins Baseball and Black History Museum on their offical Twitter and Facebook pages for more information regarding the museum as well as updates on the February event.

As always don’t forget to follow the official Fergie Jenkins Foundation Facebook and Twitter pages. Also for any updated on the Foundation and our events check out our official website.

-Kerrigan McNeill
Public Relations Associate
Fergie Jenkins Foundation

70 years ago today, Ferguson Jenkins was born in Chatham, Ontario.

Starting his professional career in his early 20’s, his 19 year career solidified him as one of the best pitchers in the game and one of Canada’s most celebrated athletes.

Fergie was an inspiration on the field and off the field as well, spending his retirement giving back to the sport he loved and the entire community as the Chairman of The Fergie Jenkins Foundation.

All of us at the Foundation would like to wish Fergie a very happy 70th birthday!

After our September Golf Tournament the Foundation was ready to start preparing for our November Golf Tournament to take place in Arizona, but due to circumstances beyond our control it has been postponed. The Foundation has still been busy as always while we prepare to open the museum and have even started planning for our appearance at spring training. (Yes we are getting started early this year).

Starting next week I will be upadting the blog on a weekly basis with information about upcoming events, progress on certain projects and interesting facts about the Foundation and Fergie.

-Kerrigan McNeill

Public Relations

Fergie Jenkins Foundation

 

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This past weekend the Foundation held its 12th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic.

As you can see  I’ve posted some pictures from the event.

As always don’t  forget to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. Also check out the official Fergie Jenkins Foundation site.

-Kerrigan McNeill

Public Relations Intern

Fergie Jenkins Foundation

 

Today the Foundation kicked off its Annual Celebrity Charity Golf Classic. The three day event started today with a Celebrity bass fishing derby.

Tomorrow the Foundation will spend the day setting up at Rockway Glen golf course for our Wine and Cheese event with the actual golf outing taking place on Friday.

Celebrities appearing at the tournament include Kelly Gruber, Pierre Palote, Jesse Barfield, Ed Sprague, Willie Bethea, Willie Wilson, Ron Wicks, Mike Gartner, and of course Fergie among others.

The Foundation is also pleased to welcome Cortney Wall to our event this year. Cortney is a sports artist from New York who will be on handing doing a live painting commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1993 World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays. To see some of Cortney’s work visit her website.

Don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook and to follow us on Twitter.

-Kerrigan McNeill

Public Relations Intern

Fergie Jenkins Foundation