Event category: TFEC

Harrisburg Hoopla 2025

Harrisburg Hoopla 2025

Sat, 06-07-2025 09:30 AM - Sat, 06-07-2025 04:30 PM
City Island Skyline Sports Complex and Volleyball Courts

The Emerging Philanthropists Program (EPP) will be hosting the 7th Annual Harrisburg Hoopla on Saturday, June 7, 2025. It will be a full-day event consisting of teams competing in various events such as physical games (individual and teams) and puzzle-type games. Each team will represent a local nonprofit organization of their choice and compete to donate a portion of the event’s proceeds to that nonprofit! A portion of the event’s proceeds will also benefit the Emerging Philanthropist Fund at TFEC.

Event Participant Registration – $45 

Price increases to $55 on May 1, 2025. 

 

Games will include:  Megablox Team Puzzle, Tic Tac Toe Relay, Volleyball, Ski Board Team Race, Dizzy Bat Relay Race, Circle Dodgeball, Pickle, Cornhole

 

Schedule:

Registration Opens: 9:30 a.m.

Opening Ceremony: 10:00 a.m.

Games Begin: 10:30 a.m.

Estimated End of Games: 4:30 p.m.

 

Location:

City Island Skyline Sports Complex and Volleyball Courts

 

Join us for the Check Presentation at Ever Grain Brewing Company

June 25, 6 – 8 p.m.

4444 Carlisle Pike Suite C

Camp Hill, PA 17011

 

The Basics Movement Meeting

The Basics Movement Meeting

Tue, 01-09-2024 09:30 AM - Tue, 01-09-2024
Epiphany Lutheran Church, 1100 Colonial Road

Children are at risk of low academic performance (Low academic performance is a person’s ability to meet the minimum academic standards of an educational institution.) throughout the state. Based on the calculation of each county’s Average Risk Level, children in 40 counties (60 percent) are at moderate-high or high risk of low academic performance. Every county that The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) serves has children affected by risk factors for low academic performance.

  • Dauphin: high risk
  • Lebanon: moderate-high risk
  • Perry: moderate-high risk
  • Cumberland: low risk
  • Dillsburg: moderate-high risk
  • Franklin: moderate-high risk

For example, in one landmark study, advantaged children in the U.S. heard as many as 30 million more words by the age of three than children whose families were receiving public assistance.

In the same study, children from more advantaged families received much more praise and encouragement than children from less advantaged families (vs. reprimands, warnings, or scolding).

As a result, TFEC has launched a parent/caregiver campaign in 2023 entitled The Basics Movement. The Basics Strategy is grounded in five proven, science-based principles for early learning and brain development. By using sociological saturation within communities in TFEC’s service area, families can learn these techniques from trusted providers. In turn, children can then experience the development they need from birth to age 5 to be ready to succeed in school and life. Achievement disparities between children from different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds will shrink, as children from all backgrounds start school better prepared.

Please come join us to hear more about this grant opportunity for Dauphin and Perry counties. Please register to attend.

Grant Cycle Community Presentation – Webinar

Grant Cycle Community Presentation – Webinar

Thu, 06-08-2023 09:00 AM - Thu, 06-08-2023 11:00 AM
Online Event

TFEC offers a range of competitive grant opportunities to meet area needs. Our grant opportunities are available annually through 1 of 3 grant cycles. We invite you to explore the grant opportunities on our website: www.tfec.org/grants.

To discuss the changes to our annual grantmaking programs, we invite you to attend this session to discuss the upcoming modifications to TFEC’s grantmaking process.

TFEC offers a range of competitive grant opportunities to meet area needs. Our grant opportunities are available annually through 1 of 3 grant cycles. We invite you to explore the grant opportunities on our website: www.tfec.org/grants. To discuss the changes to our annual grantmaking programs, we invite you to attend this session to discuss the… Read More