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Bellevue Police Community Foundation Provides Opportunity to Give Where You Live

The Bellevue Police Community Foundation (BPCF) is a not-for-profit organization created for the public purpose of assisting the Bellevue Police Department and its community partners to enhance public safety through the promotion of community oriented policing and problem solving programs, crime reduction initiatives, and community outreach/education efforts within the city of Bellevue. Additional programs that may be supported by this fund include: emergency response, disaster preparedness, youth outreach and community-based programs.

Grants from the fund will be made to organizations and programs such as: police department, fire department, nonprofit agencies, city-sponsored public safety programs, health and human services and the Bellevue community. Hap Engelkamp, BPC Foundation Chair, said "Our organization will work hard to strengthen Bellevue communities through effective philanthropy and civic engagement. We encourage our residents to learn more about this important organization and to partner in improving safety in our community." For more information about the BPCF, please see the Foundation's website.