On Saturday, March 28, 2026 the Bethlehem Detachment 284, Marine Corps League will honor Alan Jennings as Citizen of the Year. This annual award has been an tradition going back 40 years.
The setting will be a traditional military “Mess Night”–a meal enlivened with military tradition: toasts, good humored fun, and fund raising to include a silent auction for the various charitable causes and scholarships that we sponsor.
Alan Jennings has distinguished himself in Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley by his unrelenting support of needy and deserving residents of the community to include numerous veterans in his 40-career as an internationally recognized leader in community development and service. He is now retired, but headed what is now called the Community Action Committee Lehigh Valley.
Jennings has also supported the Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council as a speaker and advisor.
When: March 28, 2026
What: a traditional military “Mess Night” to honor our selection of Alan Jennings as Citizen of the Year.
Location: West Coplay Maennerchor
Address: 3326 N. Ruch St., Whitehall, PA 1805
Cost: $40.00
Time: 1700 Hours / 5:00 p.m. Cocktails
1800 Hours / 6:00 p.m. Dinner
Cash Bar
For information or to donate items for the silent auction, contact: Vice Commandant George Borman III at 484-664-8862, email geosgtford@gmail.com
Register: Use attached registration form to sign up.
