Slow Down, Be Alert and Save a Life!

 

 
Our Accomplishments
 
 
  • Purchased and installed Solar LED Crosswalk signs at the old Bishop McDevitt High School which have since been transferred to the new High School located when you enter the campus and outside Rocco Ortenzio Stadium.

  

  • Purchased new helmets and catcher's equipment for Owen's baseball association, PHR.

  • Painted, furnished and decorated a new bedroom at the new Silence of Mary Home on Market Street in Harrisburg.  Silence of Mary is a home for the poor, sick and dying.
 

 

  • Set up the Owen Cole Brezitski Memorial Scholarship for a graduating Bishop McDevitt student attending any form of higher education.  Three scholarships have already been awarded (2013, 2014, 2015).

 

  • Grant money each year to 2 needy families of Holy Name of Jesus School to put towards tuition this school year.

 

  • Continued awareness of safe driving practices by talking to numerous schools and organizations to share Owen's Story.

 

  • Donated money to South Central EMS to be put towards new cardiac monitors.
 
  • Are members of the Dauphin County Impact Panel.
 
  • Participated in the Lower Paxton National Night Out for Public Safety   (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).

  • Donation to St. Francis Soup Kitchen (2014).

 

  • Participated in the 1st Distracted Driving Challenge at Adventure Sports September 2013.

  • Karen was the closing speaker for the PA SADD Conference in November 2013.

  • One of the sponsors of the 2014 PA High School Safe Driving Competition.

 

     

     

     

    Our Future Plans 

     

     

    • We are working with another Foundation and hope to be able to offer a free online Driver's Education Course and behind the wheel training to novice drivers.

     

    • We are working to move some legislation pertaining to crosswalk safety, especially in school zones.

    • Anticipated sponsor for the 2015 PA High School Safe Driving Competition.

     

         

         

         

        Owen's Foundation is a fund of

        "The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC)."  

        TFEC is an incorporated 501(c)(3) status, nonprofit organization located in Harrisburg, PA.