Boomerang Awards proudly including the Boomerang Scholarship
What goes around, comes around!
BC Cares continues its long tradition of recognizing students in our community with the Boomerang Youth Recognition Awards and Scholarships. The award program adapted The Search Institute's 40 developmental assets, key indicators for educational success. Nominations can be submitted by coaches, parents, school staff, community members, friends, mentors, neighbors, etc. Application and Scholarship information below!
Nominations open February 1, 2025 for ****K-12 Students****
Featured Assets for the 2024-25 School Year:
Service to Others: Young person engages in opportunities to help others in the community
Cultural Competence: Young person has understanding and passion to advocate for and/or be an ally beside all different cultural expressions.
Sense of Purpose: Young person thinks about what life means and their purpose in it
Peaceful Conflict Resolution: Young person seeks to resolve conflict with wisdom and without violence.
Creative Activities: Young person spends three or more hours per week engaged in the practice of their craft of music, theater, or any kind of art.
Planning & Decision Making: Young person shows a desire and ability to plan ahead and make choices for themself.
Nominations open May 1, 2025 for ****High School Seniors & Young Adults****
Boomerang Scholarship Program:
Our Boomerang Scholarship Program is open to any past or current Boomerang Award nominees that are either a senior in high school, or currently pursuing their continuing education journey through traditional college, vocation schools, art schools, apprenticeships, etc..
The 23-24 Boomerang Scholarships were provided in part by Penn Community Bank.
Buck County Cares Youth Council, Consejo Juvenil
A bi-lingual leadership development program / Un programa bilingüe de desarrollo de liderazgo.
BC Cares is excited to implement a program for the 24-25 school year that will provide an opportunity for high schoolers to learn how to sit on a Board of Directors and become a community organizer. They will facilitate events, and be given the opportunity to create for themselves the goals and outcomes they wish to achieve together.
BC Cares se complace en implementar un programa para el año escolar 24-25 que brindará una oportunidad para que los estudiantes de segundo, tercer y cuarto año de secundaria aprendan cómo convertirse en organizadores comunitarios. Facilitarán eventos y tendrán la oportunidad de crear por sí mismos las metas y resultados que desean lograr juntos.
Pumpkinfest
October 26-27, 2024
Pumpkinfest is a fantastic community event that features a pumpkin carving contest, music, food vendors, art vendors, and more! Join us this year, click the button below to learn more!
Innovative Learning Grants
Honoring the past and moving forward in 23-24
Innovative Learning Grants have been an important part of our efforts over the years. We are currently accepting LOI's from teachers and support staff on a continuous basis. Please submit LOI to acrowell@bc-cares.org The eligibility criteria is as follows:
- Must be a current teacher or support staff for a school in Bucks County, PA
- LOI and grant proposal should be aligned with the Core Values and Pillars of BC Cares (https://bc-cares.org/who-we-are).
- Priority consideration will be made for folks located in CBSD
After submitting an LOI, it will be reviewed. Those that are approved will be invited to submit a proposal. Proposals are due on the 1st of the next calendar month. It is then reviewed by the BC Cares Board of Directors. Grant recipients are notified of a decision by the 15th of the respective month.
Grant recipients are honored annually at the BC Cares Spring Awards Ceremony which falls on the last Wednesday of May in each calendar year.
If you are interested in sponsoring Innovative Learning Grants, email Ashley at acrowell@bc-cares.org
Volunteer Teens
Our Volunteer Teens are made up of incredible young people that are working on accumulating Volunteer Hours and developing Leadership Skills as they prepare for life.
MLK Day of Service
A Fresh Start
For many years, CB Cares hosted an MLK Day of Service that provided great opportunities for service projects in Central Bucks County. As we are an organization that is not led by a person of color, our forward action for MLK Day will be to directly support and uplift organizations that are. We will stay invested in Service Projects, but will be directly supporting organizations like The Bucks County Anti-Racism Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/groups/buxcoarc) .
Parent Positive Speaker Series
A County Wide Tour!
The BC Cares Parent Positive Speaker Series had a fantastic limited engagement event in Newtown, PA in 2024. We are always looking for organizations that are interested in hosting /presenting PP events. Contact acrowell@bc-cares.org with interest!
Positive Coaching Award
Coach Nominations Coming Back
Our ED coaches both her kids' in their respective sports, so this one is near and dear to their heart! Coming back to life soon, the Positive Coaching Awards Honor Community Facilitators that provide that ever important role of coach to the young people of Bucks County. Coaches can be directly affiliated with schools as well as community based associations. Stay tuned for the nomination process as we bring this important program back to life!
Thanks to our Funders in 2024
