Establish in October, 2007, before the IronPigs ever played a game, IronPigs Charities was created to provide educational and recreational opportunities for Lehigh Valley Youth.

IronPigs Charities is presented by The Air Products Foundation. Thank you to The Air Products Foundation for their continuous support of IronPigs Charities and the Lehigh Valley community.

IronPigs Charities is governed by a 13 member Board of Directors. The Board meets four times annually (March, June, September, December). 

• 2008 IronPigs Charities Annual Report. 

IronPigs Charities Board of Directors
Vern Anderson, WFMZ
Joe Brake, Coca-Cola
Colleen Mooney McGee, Capital BlueCross
Andy Himmelwright, Service Electric
Tim Holt, Air Products
Matt Krause, Toyota
Kurt Landes, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Erin Owens, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Sarah Marten, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Frank Nacci, Nacci Printing
Ron Rushe, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Curt Mosel, The Morning Call
Howard Scharf, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Chuck Lewis, Lehigh Valley Health Network

IronPigs Charities provides financial support to local non-profits through a grant application process. Qualifying organizations can submit grant requests one time annually. The 2010 grant application process is now closed, applications for 2011 will be available in late September.

 

This annual event is one of the key fundraisers for IronPigs Charities. Each January, IronPigs Charities hosts a benefit dinner featuring players, coaches and front office members from the Philadelphia Phillies. The sell out event also features a live and silent auction and raffle. All proceeds from the event benefit IronPigs Charities.
 

• The 4th annual Phillies Caravan will be held in January, 2011.  A date will be announced this December.  Check ironpigsbaseball.com for more updates.

On selected IronPigs home games, IronPigs Charities will host Community Clubhouse. Fans have the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind memorabilia, participate in raffles and other fundraising events with all of the proceeds benefiting IronPigs Charities.

Thank you fans for your support of IronPigs Charities throughout the 2009 season.

IronPigs Charities will host several events throughout the year for deserving non-profits. In October, 2009 IronPigs Charities hosted a trick-or-treating event for 150 kids from local non-profits.

IronPigs sponsors, supporters, players and coaches hit the links in August to raise money for IronPigs Charities. The annual event will take place each summer at Bethlehem Golf Club.

The oversized IronPiggy bank greets fans as they enter Coca-Cola Park. Throughout the season fans donate loose change to fill the IronPiggy banks belly. Nearly $3,000 in loose change has been collected since the ballpark opened in 2008. Each year IronPigs Charities hosts a children’s art contest to create the design for the piggy bank.

As fans pass through the gates at Coca-Cola Park they also have the opportunity to give back to the local community. Fans have had the opportunity to donate items ranging from canned goods to school supplies to diapers to books at designated IronPigs games.

Throughout the season, IronPigs players and coaches will wear special themed jerseys that will be auctioned off during that nights game. The winning bidder will have the opportunity to meet the player of the field after the game. Each jersey auction is paired with a non-profit. The non-profit receives the proceeds from the auction and jersey raffle.

 

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs and IronPigs Charities provide non-profits with many programs to help promote their organization, reward volunteers and provide opportunities for its members.

Swing for Swine: Each game during the IronPigs home season, LSI and IronPigs Charities donate 30 tickets to local non-profits.

Community Nights at the Ballpark: As a way to promote an organizations mission, activities and purpose Community Nights at the Ballpark allows for organizations to setup a booth at a designated game throughout the year.

Donations: Non-profits can request in-kind donations from IronPigs Charities for specific events, auctions, fundraisers, etc. To see our complete donation guidelines click here.

Ticket Donation: IronPigs Season Ticket Holders have the opportunity to donate their unused season tickets to local non-profits.

In February, IronPigs Charities and The Air Products Foundation will host a breakfast event for local non-profits staff members. The event will be an opportunity to network with other non-profits and find out what programs the IronPigs and Air Products have to offer.

In 2008 the IronPigs worked with over 250 non-profits. If you would like to receive information regarding the IronPigs non-profit programs please contact Sarah Marten at smarten@ironpigsbaseball.com or (610) 841-1213.

IronPigs Charities provides many educational programs for Lehigh Valley students and teachers.

• Information on all of our educational programs can be found at www.swinesmarts.com.