Former Seattle Mariner Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen, founders of The Moyer Foundation, will be honored at a civic banquet on Thursday, May 19 in Seattle with the 2011 Seattle-King County First Citizen Award.

In just 10 years, their charitable organization has raised in excess of $20 million to help support more than 225 different programs that provide encouragement, comfort and support to children who are enduring physical, emotional or financial distress.

The Moyers established their foundation in 2000 while he played for the Seattle Mariners. Although the Moyer family now splits their time between Florida and Seattle, and they recently announced plans to add an East Coast office, the national headquarters of The Moyer Foundation will remain in Seattle.

The First Citizen Award, given annually by the Bellevue-based Seattle-King County Realtors, honors community leadership, volunteerism and public service.