Nominate Your Local Hero
We are accepting nominations from the community for local heroes that have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Nominations can be based on a single impactful action or maybe your hero has a career of serving his or her community spanning years.
Welcome to BWC Children’s Charity Foundation
Because We Care Foundation is a non-profit children’s foundation located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Our programs are funded by donations from members of the communities we serve and administered by the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation. Children sometimes develop a negative perception of our first responders through a traumatic experience, negative influences, or a misunderstanding of our first responder’s role in providing them assistance in their time of need. Our mission is to create opportunities to encourage positive in-person interactions between children and first responders to overcome fears and stereotypes in order to create a positive relationship between them. A community that gets along is a happy, thriving community. Emergency responders and our children are vital members of our communities and it is in our best interest to facilitate a positive relationship between them.
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Teddy Bear Distribution
Because We Care provides personalized teddy bears to first responders to facilitate a positive relationship with children.
Pizza With a Purpose
The Pizza With a Purpose program is designed to help lessen a child’s fears of law enforcement officers, fire fighters, or EMS personnel.
BWC Bear Sightings
Chance the BWC Bear loves our first responders and the children of our community and enjoys the opportunity to bring them together.
Education Scholarships
Each year BWC foundation awards Blair County seniors with a scholarship for criminal justice or early childhood development studies.
First Responder Assistance
We offer assistance to local first responders of our partnership organizations who experience a tragedy, medical emergency, or illness.
Make a Difference
Every day our brave men and women in uniform respond to calls that are traumatic, and many of them involve children. We wish to provide these men and women tools and programs to help lessen the fear and trauma these children may experience. Alleviating some of those negative reactions will help to build a healthier relationship between our emergency workers and the children.
We hope you will consider supporting us through a donation today. All donations are administered by the Central PA Community Foundation.
