The Brandywine Health Foundation believes  everyone deserves to be healthy 
and to grow up in a  vibrant community.

June, 2015











The Brandywine Health Foundation surpasses the $14 million mark in grants and scholarships distributed to the greater Coatesville Area 

With the recent distribution of the Strawberry Festival grants, the Brandywine Health Foundation has distributed a total of $14,100,000 in grants and scholarships to the greater Coatesville area since 2001. And, we have just begun...

With your help...We are changing lives and investing in a healthy Coatesville Community by:
  • Investing in organizations the help people live healthier lives;
  • Investing in our young people; 
  • Investing in projects that help Coatesville thrive; 
  • And bringing community members together to develop new solutions and new leaders for positive and lasting change in Coatesville. 
To find out more about our grant and scholarships, visit our website at: www.Brandywinefoundation.org

Annual Garden Party and Strawberry Festival  Net $200,000 for the Coatesville Community

This past year, fifty dedicated volunteers donated their time and talents to organize both the Garden Party and Strawberry Festival.  Their hard work paid off with both events exceeding expectations.


On May 20th, Jennifer and Bob McNeil generously hosted more than four hundred and fifty guests for bluegrass and barbeque at their beautiful Springbank Farm.  It was a terrific gathering of old friends and new, delicious food, lively music, and of course, scrumptious desserts.  O ver $100,000 in net revenue was raised, funds that will be used to improve the health and well-being of people who live and work in the greater Coatesville area.

Click here to view all the great pictures from the event, courtesy of photographer, Laura Rainsford. 

 

 

A week later, the 2015 Strawberry Festival presented by First Niagara and PECO kicked off with huge crowds. More than 25,000 visitors joined us over the weekend on the grounds of Brandywine Hospital to enjoy live music, fireworks, games, rides, delicious food, shopping and much, much more!  It was a splendid weekend with beautiful weather and lots of smiling faces.  The event was a huge success and the foundation was able to distribute the following grants from the festival proceeds:   Coatesville Youth Initiative - $60,000; Coatesville Rotary Club - $19,000; Thorndale Volunteer Fire Company - $16,000 and Coatesville Area Public Library-$5,000. 

Click here to link to our facebook page and view all the fun pictures from this year's Strawberry Festival.
 
WELCOME...

We are thrilled to welcome our two new staff members joining our foundation family this month.

Renee C. Fairconeture
Program Manager
Peggy White
Administrative Assistant

  

















We are also excited to have two interns from the Coatesville Youth Initiative ServiceCorps join us for the summer.  Riya Patel (pictured left) and Dayvon Bladen (pictured right) are with us for the next eight weeks and will be instrumental in helping jump start our new Youth Philanthropy Program beginning this fall. This new Youth Philanthropy Program is made possible by a generous $100,000 grant from Citadel.  
The McNeil Children's Library Gets a Boost

We are sending a "Shout Out" to Peter Dolan and the families of the St. Agnes School in West Chester for donating a wonderful assortment of children's books for the McNeil Children's Library at the Brandywine Center in Coatesville.  THANK YOU!

Won't you consider joining Peter in donating new and/or very gently used books to this unique library where the kids get to keep the book and treasure it forever!

Help a child become a lifelong reader 
by helping to keep the shelves stocked! 

For every $2.50 you donate will provide one new book and 100% of the funds we raise will go to provide new books to kids in need.  
For additional inquiries please contact:

Jill Whitcomb, Vice President for Development
(610) 380-9080 x103

50 South First Avenue Coatesville, PA 19320 ? (610) 380.9080