Honor recognizes FCP’s support of expanding services for students at the Perkasie campus

Bucks County Community College recently dedicated the entrance lobby at its Upper Bucks Campus in Perkasie, Pa., in honor of Foundations Community Partnership, recognizing the non-profit group’s $10,000 grant for the college’s 2010 campus expansion.

“Foundations Community Partnership is an excellent community partner and strong advocate of Bucks,” said Tobias Bruhn, Executive Director of the BCCC Foundation. “This partnership provides us with the opportunity to expand our services, and ensures that deserving students receive the financial assistance they need to achieve their educational goals.”

In addition to this grant, which will increase youth-based service programs and cultural programming at the Upper Bucks Campus, FCP sponsors an annual $2,500 scholarship for Bucks students enrolled in courses with a service learning, co-op, or internship component.

“We are pleased to be able to support Bucks County Community College’s mission to provide quality and affordable education,” said Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of Foundations Community Partnership. “Our goal as a philanthropic grant-making foundation is to award grants to organizations like Bucks County Community College that are striving to help young people gain the tools they need to succeed.”

About Bucks County Community College

Founded in 1964, Bucks County Community College is a public, two-year college that provides a wide range of educational opportunities at campuses in Newtown, Bristol, and Perkasie, Pa. The BCCC Foundation was established in 1982 as a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) educational trust to provide expanded resources for the college’s growth and development. Foundation funds support instructional resources, campus facilities, scholarships and awards, cultural activities and special college projects.

About Foundations Community Partnership

FCP is a private non-profit operating foundation that supports behavioral health education and research, provides grants for non-profit organizations, awards scholarships to Bucks County high school seniors, subsidizes service learning internships for college students and underwrites community education programs.

 

Photo: Bucks County Community College Foundation Executive Director Tobias Bruhn (right) is joined by students Shakia Balmer (second right) and Lien Nguyen (second left) to thank Ronald T. Bernstein (left), Executive Director of Foundations Community Partnership, for Foundation’s support of the college in front of the newly dedicated lobby at the Upper Bucks Campus in Perkasie.