thespiritof serviceinaction BAPSCharitiesharnessesthee o sandcolective spiritofvolunteersaroundtheworldtoserve individuals,familiesandcommunitiesin vekeyareas. Webelievethatthepowertobuildbe er communitiesliesinthehandsofthevery membersofthosecommunities.baps Charitiesservesourcommunitiesthrough avarietyofprogramsaimedatimproving thelivesofourneighbors. community activities CommunityCleanup CommunitySpo ingevents FoodDrives Walkathons CommunityOrganizationsSuppo CareerFairs EducationalInstitutionsSuppo Scholarships BloodDrives HealthFairs Children shealth&safetydays HealthAwarenessLectures BoneMarow Drives FluVaccinationDrives Ea hday Tree-plantingCampaigns Ea hhour Ea hquakedisasterrelief Wild rerelief HuricaneRelief (othersasneeded) Withthebeliefthateducationisthe primarydriverofdevelopmentand progressintheworld,bapscharities providesextensivesuppo througha varietyofprograms. educational services Servingasgoodstewardsoftheplanetis acolectiveresponsibilitythatbaps Charitiestakesseriously.Weworktobring awarenessofimpo antenvironmental issueswefaceineachcommunityand engagevolunteersinvarious environmentalprotectioninitiatives. environmental initiatives Intimesofnaturalandmanmade calamity,bapscharitieshasworkedto responde ectivelytotheneedsofthe hour.whenamajorcatastrophestrikes, BAPSCharitiesstandsreadytoserveand suppo a ectedcommunities. humanitarian relief BAPSCharitiesaimstoprovidelowcost, highqualityhealthandwelnessservices inavarietyofinnovativeways.awareness programsalsohelpcommunitymembers liveahealthylifestyle. health& welness
walkathons over 76 locations 23,000 walkers 130,000 trees plantedinincolaboration withthenatureconservancy &TreeCanada 300,000 trees plantedinlast3years (2016,2017,) WearehonoredandverygratefulthatBAPSCharitieschosetosuppo TheNature Conservancy splantabilioninitiativeonceagain.bapscharitieshascontinuedto show thatservingasgoodstewardstotheplanetandengagingthenextgenerationin thisstewardshipisacolectiveresponsibilitythatyoudon ttakelightly.from alofus atthenatureconservancy,thankyouverymuchforyoursuppo. -MarkTercek PresidentandCEO ofthenatureconservancy
healthfairs 58 locations 10,441 pa icipants bene tedin 1,779 volunteers, doctors&healthcareprofessionals 436 healthfairs since2009(10years), bene tingover100,000pa icipants WhatIthinkyourcharity,BAPSCharities,isdoingnow ishuge,becauseyouare activelycaringforpeople;youareinterveninginsuchawaythattheycanmake realhealthcaredecisionsandimproveoutcomes.itisrealyinnovative.itismore thanjustanaveragehealthfair." -DouglasW.Curan,M.D. President,TexasMedicalAssociation Houston,TX
children shealth &safetydays 20 locations over 2,100 pa icipants BAPSCharitiesChildren shealthandsafetydaysencouragedialoguebetweenchildren andtheirfamiliesabouthealthylivingwhileprovidingpa icipantswiththetoolsand resourcestomakebe erlifestylechoices:tobeagainstbulying,behealthy,andbesafe inatechnology-drivenworld.
healthawareness lectures 200 lectures in58centers topics 6in ➊ FactsAboutCholesterol&Fats ➋ DementiaPrevention ➌ CancerPrevention ➍ PreventativeMedicine ➎ MentalHealth ➏ OralHealth Providinganavenueformedicalprofessionalstoshareimpo antpreventativecare measures,bapscharitieshealthlecturesprovidethepublicatlargewitharesourceto improvetheirlivesthroughhealthierliving.addressingawiderangeoftopics,the colectiveimpactofbapscharities HealthAwarenessLecturesispreventativehealth careandreducedcosts.
blooddonation drives 45 locations 1,499 pints donated 4,497 lives saved 40,000 lives savedsince2006 ItisrealyanhonorformetobehereinBa le,ilinoiswithbapscharities,whois pa neringwithamericanredcrossfortheirannualblooddrive.itisincredibly impressivethatseveralhundredpeoplehavecomeouttodaytovolunteeranddonate theirblood-membersofthepublicalongwithmembersofyourcommunity-theyare alhere.like-mindedfolksmakingsurethatwehavebloodthatisavailabletosavelives, bloodthatisavailabletohelpinemergency. -USCongressmanPeterRoskam Ilinois6 th District
uvaccination drives 32 locations over 1,300 people bene ted Onaverage,226,000peoplearehospitalizedeveryyearbecauseofin uenzaand 36,000die mostlyelderly(source:cdc).bapscharitiesfluvaccinationdrives organizedacrossno hamericareducestheriskfrom thiscontagiousdisease.
bonemarow drives 5 drives 116 newindividuals registered 6,523 individuals addedtoregistrysince2005 in123drives Countlessindividualsarea ectedbyleukaemia,lymphomaormyeloma,and bonemarow transplantsareoneofthefew proceduresthathelpprovidehope. Yet, ndingasuitablebonemarow donormatchisachalenge.toaddressthis need,bapscharitiesorganizesbonemarow registrationdrivestoincreasethe chancesofpatients ndingamatchinthedonorregistry.
california wild res disasterrelief e o s BAPSCharities donated$25,000 tobu ecountyo ceofeducation donated$10,000 tosonomavaleyfirerescueauthority huricane orence fooddrivetohelpvictims