Focus Area

Health and Human Services

A Healthy Community for All

We work to ensure our community has access to the healthcare and quality of life services it needs to function at its best.

  • Goal: A Focus on Public Health
    For more than twenty years, we’ve worked to improve access to healthcare services and information for local residents. We helped create the community’s first Federally Qualified Health Center, Berks Community Health Center in 2012, and supported Berks Teens, a pregnancy prevention program that reduced teen births in Berks County by nearly 50 percent.
  • Goal: Help Those in Need
    Many of our funds help individuals in need, including those in the foster care system, children with disabilities, and veterans who are involved in the court system. Our “Angel Fund” provide grants at critical points in people’s lives, when a little bit of money can make all the difference in the world.
  • Goal: Help the Animals
    Pets and their humans benefit from the funds we manage to support local animal shelters and veterinary treatment services. The public benefits from law enforcement K9 units in Berks County, several of which receive funding from our designated funds.

We turn initiatives into action.

With the help of community partners and committed volunteers, we take what we learn and put it to work through specific programs.

Current Programs

Helping Children with Medical Needs

Several funds support unmet expenses for families.

The Arthur O. and Clara M. Schlegel Fund is one of multiple funds that help local families with children who have a catastrophic illness or disability.

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We’ve been creating change since 1994. Our program officers know initatives in Berks County inside-out and can answer all your questions

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Our Program Team

Cindy, Kim, Monica, Dan, & Emily

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