Every year, Berks Headshots supports a local nonprofit through our BH Cares Charity of the Year initiative. We give a portion of the proceeds of every sale that year directly to the organization, and try to do at least one in-person service event with them. We love being able to help our community this way. We’re passionate about doing our part to help organizations making a positive impact right here in Berks County.
This year’s BH Cares Charity of the year is Keystone Family Alliance! We’re very excited to be able to support this awesome organization! You might remember them from our holiday portraits fundraiser at the end of 2025. We are think the work they are doing is so essential to our community that we wanted to support them throughout 2026 as well.
What is Keystone Family Alliance?
Berks County Keystone Family Alliance is an organization committed to bridging the gap between the needs within the child welfare system and the local Church. While not everyone is called to foster or adopt, they believe everyone is called to do something. Their heart is to educate Jesus’ followers about the realities vulnerable children and families face, motivate people to discover how God is calling them to respond, and equip them with the tools, training, and information needed to make a meaningful difference.
For some people, their “something” is registering to meet tangible needs of foster, adoptive, and biological families through KFA’s online portal, Gateway. For others, it is serving on an engineered Care Community to support a local family for a year. For churches, KFA provides the framework and support to help churches successfully recruit families to care for children in their communities to become these much-needed placement homes. There are so many ways to do something.
The value of a good support group for foster and adoptive families is significant. Without a proper support system, 90% of foster families quit before two years, because fostering is hard work. By comparison, 90% of foster families who have a wraparound Care Community end up fostering beyond two years.
How can you support Keystone Family Alliance?
· Support Families
Whether it’s joining a Care Community to support a specific family, meeting local needs through Gateway, or joining the hundreds who pray for these vulnerable children, all support helps!
· Churches
Are you a church representative who wants to engage your church to serve orphans and vulnerable children? Keystone Family Alliance makes getting started easy. Help us mobilize Christians across Pennsylvania!
· Case Workers
We are extremely grateful for the sacrifice of the countless social workers who serve PA’s children and families! Your work matters and our network can help you provide support to foster and adoptive families.
· Foster or Adopt
Learn more about the process of becoming a foster or adoptive parent. If you feel a calling towards fostering or adopting, Keystone Family Alliance is here to guide you on your journey.
· Stand Sunday
Lead by the Christian Alliance for Orphans, Stand Sunday is an international campaign bringing awareness to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children across the United States.
· International
Keystone Family Alliance joins forces with multiple international ministries who help serve orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia, Uganda, Myanmar, and Kenya, sharing God’s love.
We’re so glad to be able to support this organization this year, and we’re grateful for all of you, our clients, who allow us to give this support!
