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As always, the golf tournament was organized to help raise funds for a number of different The wine and cheese event offered the public charities. Volunteers from local chapters of Big the opportunity Brothers and to interact with, Inside This Issue Big Sisters, and receive Special signatures Olympics and George Chuvalo and Fergie Jenkins: not only great from some of The Museum Wheel ..... 3 Canadian athletes, but also two amazing humanitarians. the Canadian the celebrities Red Cross playing in the Brock lends a hand ..... 5 helped the Foundation to make tournament. The fishing derby and sure the event ran smoothly. Fergies surprise 70th ..... 5 wine and cheese evening all led up to the big event on the Sept. 21 where golfers joined our celebrity guests on the course. Celebrities in attendance included the likes of former Toronto Blue Jays Ed Sprague, During the dinner banquet, Val Henson presented a check to Fergie and on behalf of Henson Construction.
A pair of Canadian sports legends, George Chuvalo and jockey Sandy Hawley, square off.
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Board of Directors
Jaff Stevenson Reid Strongman Barry House Rick Quirk Peter Warkentin A longtime partner of the Fergie Jenkins Foundation, the Scottsdale Charros are a volunteer-based organization in Arizona that supports the Scottsdale community, focusing on education, youth programs and economic development. The Charros, one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the city, provides annual scholarships to local high school seniors. The Charros host the San Francisco Giants Spring Training games each year and have welcomed the Fergie Jenkins Foundation and our charity autograph signings for several years.
Stacy Arrowsmith Dennis Coulson Ben Craig
Paul Cartwright Kelly McGiffin David Schurman Denise Stone Dave Hamilton Elite Volunteers
Bill Loftus Sid Stern Steve Swan
Foundation Staff
Mike Treadgold Communications Coordinator Editor-in-Chief Ryan Nava Community Relations Officer Rachel Pray Executive Assistant Brett Varey Special Events Coordinator Kerrigan McNeill Public Relations Associate
The worlds first food bank and a member of the Feeding America network, St. Marys distributed more than 63-million pounds of food last year to those less fortunate. The St. Marys Foodbank Alliance has been the recipient of a four-star recognition by Charity Navigator for the past ten years, the highest designation a non-profit organization can receive for business and fiscal practices. The Fergie Jenkins Foundation was proud to make a donation to the St. Marys Food Bank Alliance as a result of our Spring Training signings last year.
For more information
Mail to: 67 Commerce Place - Suite 3, St.Catharines, ON, Canada L2R 6P7 905-688-9418 fergiejenkinsfoundation@gmail.com
Local carpenter Dave Swan carefully lays out the bats and baseballs in a perfect circle, setting the stage for mounting on the circular frame.
Montgomery and Swan created a circular wooden template frame, cut into quarters to serve as the mount for the bats and balls. Using precise measurements and the utmost care, the bats and balls were carefully placed in a circle, using the quarter frames
The finished product, displayed prominently inside the Fergie Jenkins Museum in St. Catharines.
The frame is built and the bats and balls are carefully mounted. Swans final task is screwing everything into place, finishing the wheel in just two days.
The Fergie Jenkins Foundation would like to thank Dave Swan and Ken Montgomery for their carpentry expertise, Louisville Slugger and Rawlings Canada for their donation of product, and the Chicago Cubs for inspiring the idea of the wheel in the first place. We look forward to our own version of this masterpiece, as well as other unique contructions, being focal points of the Fergie Jenkins Museum for years to come.
Our thanks goes out to Sun Media for helping to sponsor this issue of View from the Hill
December 2012
December 2-6 Appearance for Outbid.com Major League Baseball Winter Meetings Nashville, TN December 15-18 Fergie Jenkins Foundation Charity Autograph Signings feat. Pierre Pilote Sports N More at Yorktown Center Mall Lombard, IL December 19 Fergie Jenkins Foundation Charity Autograph Signing feat. Pierre Pilote Peru Mall Peru, IL
January 2013
January 11-13 Charity Signing feat. Gaylord Perry & Rollie Fingers Texas Rangers Fan Festival Arlington, TX January 18-20 Charity Signing feat. Gaylord Perry & Rollie Fingers Chicago Cubs Convention Chicago, IL January 19 Warren Spahn Awards Banquet Oklahoma City, OK January 25-27 Charity Signing feat. Gaylord Perry & Rollie Fingers Minnesota TwinsFest Minneapolis, MN
October 2012
October 10 Visit to Black History Library Niagara Falls, ON October 8 Fergies Day with Niagara Fishing Adventures Niagara River, St. Catharines, ON October 20 First Ontario Credit Union Grand Opening 4th Avenue St. Catharines, ON October 22-26 Fergies Annual Hunting Trip Boulder, CO
February 2013
February 7 York Area Sports Night Autograph Signings Heritage Hills Golf Resort & Conference Center York, PA February 16-17 Cactus League Kickoff Event Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza Scottsdale, AZ
November 2012
November 4 Linking Sports & Communities Award Banquet Phoenix, AZ November 30 Fergies Surprise 70th Birthday Party W Hotel Chicago City Center Chicago, IL
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Fergie chats with former Governor General Michaelle Jean, shortly after receiving the Order of Canada, the countrys highest civilian honour.
Fergie (back row center in red) poses with the Brock Badgers varsity baseball team.
Longtime friend of the Foundation, Val Henson, presents a check to Fergie for $5,000 at the September golf event.
Former players at Fergies birthday included (left to right) Ken Sanders, Billy Williams, Rich Nye, Byron Browne and Fergie
The Fergie Jenkins Foundation crew at Fergies 70th birthday party in Chicago.
Fergie and his former roommate, Cubs outfielder Byron Browne, share stories at an Iowa Cubs game this summer.
Fergie presents a plaque to wrestling coach Marty Calder, the longtime mentor of Canadian Olympian Tonya Verbeek
Fergie presents a check for $7,000 to Niagara Falls Big Brothers Big Sisters. Tom Thornton, a longtime volunteer, is the recipient
Rachel Pray (center) from the Foundation with the guys from M&M Meats, dedicated sponsors of our events. Fergie presents a plaque to Grimsby Hyundai, a longtime supporter of the Fergie Jenkins Foundation.
Fergie gets out on the water with Aldo Nava, owner and captain of Niagara Fishing Adventures.
Former Blue Jays outfielder Jesse Barfield with Canadian heavyweight boxing champion George Chuvalo at Fergie s golf event in St. Catharines.
Fergie and the employees from the Captain Morgan Club outside Wrigley Field.
Volunteers from Big Brothers Big Sisters Grimsby at Fergies charity golf tournament in September.
Jenkins, by the smallest margin ever one vote was elected Tuesday night for enshrinement. He wasnt quite in a class by himself; 78 players previously had been approved by the Baseball Writers Association of America, including 51 pitchers. But these are numbers for accountants, not sports fans. A native Canadian who conquered the perils of Wrigley Field, was and still is Like Nobody Else, which was the title of his book. Jenkins was asked if it made any difference that he was elected by one vote. (Actually, it was by two. He drew 334 votes, one more than necessary.)
nonetheless considerably less than the required 75 percent. Some of the people casting the ballots will have to take a closer look at what Ron Santo did, Jenkins said. Itll probably take some time, but hes a No. 1 candidate, very deserving. A lot of quality people coming up, Jenkins said, indicating that this was the year he had his best chance. I was probably going to be overshadowed. Next year, its Pete Rose, then Reggie Jackson and the Tom Seavers and Don Suttons. I could have been lost in the shuffle. Jenkins finished his career with 284 wins and conceded he probably could have joined the 300-victory club if he had pitched another season or two. I didn`t want to be a ountdown player, he explained. I didnt want to be in a position where everyone would be saying 291, 292. So I stayed home. Jenkins stopped here between planes. He took an early evening flight to Oklahoma City so he could return to his home in nearby Guthrie and be at the bedside of his wife, Maryanne, who was injured seriously in an auto accident. She can`t talk, he said. She is on a respirator. Im anxious to see her. Asked if he thought she was aware of his election, Jenkins replied: I suppose so. Some of the doctors and nurses in the hospital are big baseball fans. Jenkins smiled. Cub fans.
I won a lot of games by one run, he said. Lost a lot by one run, too. Jenkins lost five games by the minimum score in 1968, his second season of 20 victories. The five 1-0 defeats, if memory serves, equaled the major-league high for frustration. He put in a plug for Santo, who once again fell short in the balloting. Santo received 26 percent of the vote, a high for him, but
Cortney is an accomplished artist who has painted many athletes. Chuvalo is now added to her list of sports legends paintings, which Chuvalo, a man includes Babe Ruth, of many words who Lou Gehrig, Mickey travels across the Mantle, Reggie Jackcountry speaking to son, Derek Jeter, Alex kids about the danRodriguez, Cal Ripken gers of using drugs Jr., Ryan Howard, Matt via his own charity, Kemp, Michael Jordan was speechless as he and Eli Manning. She watched the painting is also proud to have come to life before George Chuvalo, artist Cortney Wall and auction winner her 2007 New York Meech Kolic pose with the finished product. his eyes. Giants Super Bowl The painting was painting displayed in then auctioned off during the dinner banthe NFL Films building. quet at Fergies tournament with proceeds Cortneys bio is available at http://www. going to Chuvalos charity, Fight Against fergiejenkins.ca/site/cortneybio and more Drugs. Meech Kolic, a longtime participant information can be found on her new in Fergies charity tournaments was the lucky purchaser of this great piece of work. website, www.cortneywall.com.
Fergie Fact
Did you know...
The trade that brought Fergie Jenkins to the Cubs was almost never made. At the time, Cubs general manager John Holland wanted to acquire Orlando Cepeda from the Giants to replace aging slugger Ernie Banks. The Giants said no, and, in 1966, dealt Cepeda to the St. Louis Cardinals instead. Holland ended up dealing with the Phillies, shipping veteran arms Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl to Philadelphia for first baseman John Herrnstein, outfielder Adolfo Phillips, and a third player whom many people believed was simply a throw-in: Canadian relief pitcher Ferguson Jenkins. You know how the rest turned out...
The fish, however, were no match for Fergie and Aldo, as they reeled in 13 catches on the day: three rainbow trout and ten mighty Chinook. The total Fergie and Captain Aldo Nava fishing would have ranked them And while Fergie was on Lake Ontario. among the best in any pro forced to give up team tournament held on Lake sports (besides baseball) Ontario any other day. at a young age, one thing he never lost was his love of hunting and fishing. For more information on Niagara Fergie continues to pursue his passion for the outdoors and one of his most recent outings was a venture onto Lake Ontario with Captain Aldo Nava, owner
Fishing Adventures or to book your own journey, contact Captain Aldo at www. niagarafishingadventures.com.
Thanks for your support of the Fergie Jenkins Foundation Holiday Web Auction
The Fergie Jenkins Foundation is thrilled to announce that we exceeded our target of $2,000 in donations raised via our annual holiday web auction at www.fergiejenkins.ca. This years items included an autographed Wrigley Field seat bottom and an autographed Claude Giroux jersey. Thanks to everyone who participated!
February 24-25, 2013 The Wigwam Golf Resort 300 East Wigwam Blvd. Litchfield Park, AZ, 85340 The event will support the American Red Cross, the Scottsdale Charros, JDRF, St. Marys Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona $1700 per foursome (includes golf, dinner, meet & greet) $250 Hole Sponsorship $30 Meet & Greet Only Special pricing for Canadians, including hotel & airfare
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Other sponsorship packages are available! The Fergie Jenkins Foundation 905-688-9418 fergiejenkins@bellnet.ca
Space is filling up quickly! Call today for details and to reserve your space in what promises to be one of the years great charity events. Lunch, dinner wine, memorabilia prizes and a fully loaded registration bag are all included!
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Fergies hope of giving back to organizations and communities in need through the love of sport is being accomplished with the help of sponsors and supporters like you. He hopes that with your continued support, the Foundation will develop and continue to help for years to come. For more information regarding the Fergie Jenkins Foundation, please visit:
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In the USA, mail to: The Fergie Jenkins Foundation 165 Portage Rd Lewiston, NY 14092