The sixth annual Penn State Great Valley Tailgate Benefit on Oct. 26 raised more than $5,000 for the School's Alumni Achievement Scholarship Fund and The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Two hundred people attended this year’s benefit, which produced the largest donation raised by the event. The event's success is due to the hard work and efforts of the Great Valley community’s alumni society members, advisory board members, alumni, students, staff, faculty and friends.
Great Valley Alumni Society president, Rich Boclair (Class of 2001, master of business administration), was thrilled. "We added a number of new elements to this year's event, including VIP seating with table service, a DJ/emcee with music and our best offering of silent auction items,” said Boclair. “In addition, we received generous support from individual benefactors this year, particularly Di and Dallas Krapf, the event's platinum sponsor."