Jerry Pia is a fun-loving musician and family man who lives in Connecticut with his wife, Teddi and their puppy, Boomer! He has devoted his life to children’s initiatives in his hometown. Since co-founding Activities for Kids, Inc., 35 years ago, with Teddi and two friends, he has served as Executive Director of the organization. During this time Jerry wrote 28 Santa Claus plays for "A.F.K. After-School Kids Production Company to perform every Christmas. That led him to write his first book, "The Story of Santa Claus" and a movie short "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
As an avid baseball fan and father to two active children, it was only natural that his love of baseball led him to spend 50 years involved in various youth baseball programs, including team manager and President of the Northrop Baseball and Softball League, founding, coaching and running the Jackie Robinson Baseball League...where all players play for free! And starting travel baseball in 1989 for players 18U and 16 U. Jerry also was on the Stamford Board of Eduction for 24 years!
Now a grandfather, Jerry has recently celebrated his 50th year coaching baseball for ages 9 to 39, and with so many baseball stories to tell, Jerry started writing baseball books for children. Eric Plays Baseball: Opening Day! is the first in a series of Eric Plays Baseball books. Jerry has taken the joy of watching young baseball players find their own love of the game and experience the ups and downs of playing baseball— whether it was his son and daughter, his grandchildren, or any of the 50 years of teams he coached—and put it into the colorful, vivid pages of "Eric Plays Baseball: Opening Day."
