BFF Foundation – Antoine Bethea

GIVING BACK

The Bethea Family Foundation

Antoine and Samantha Bethea established the Bethea Family Foundation to inspire hope, enrichment and exposure opportunities to our youth. Together, as a family, we will provide future leaders with the essential tools needed to succeed in order to impact communities one child at a time.

Our Mission

The mission of the Bethea Family Foundation is to engage with community organizations and schools to provide access and resources that will allow youth to experience learning success.

Guiding Values Statement

We operate with commitment and transparency, and promise to serve others with empathy, kindness, and love. The core values of the Bethea Family Foundation are A.C.E.S.:

Accountability: We encourage students to take actions to overcome challenges, and to be responsible for their outcomes.
Collaboration: We collaborate with community-based organizations, corporations, and families to maximize our impact on the youth.
Education & Empowerment: We create safe and enjoyable opportunities for academic enrichment for all students. And we empower families through events to inspire hope.
Sustainability: We strategically choose partners who share our vision, and whom are dedicated to the continued success of The Foundation, and who to the everlasting work we do to equip students with confidence and tools that will last them a life time.

Our Vision

A future for every student to have access to higher education regardless of their environment, financial status or lack of family support.

CHILDREN IMPACTED

DONATED TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

YEARS OF SERVICE

What We Do

Through the Bethea Family Foundation events and initiatives, we provide resources to youth ages 13 to 18 during the academic year and inspire hope to families during the holidays. Our projects and programs are designed to educate, empower and expose.

Since 2010, our foundation has impacted thousands of children, families and individuals in Newport News, VA and in communities across the country. Through our outreach efforts, we have hosted Christmas Shopping Sprees, Coat Drives, Football Camps, College Tours, Turkey Giveaways, visited hospitals and jails in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C.