PAST EVENTS
COMMUNITY CLASSIC DINNERS
This community dinner event is traditionally held on a Saturday near the end of February and honors a person in our community. It has been running for 17 years, with 2021 skipped due to COVID protocols. A featured speaker from the Beating the Odds Foundation talks about their experiences with organized sports and life.
Fundraisers include a major sports memorabilia silent auction, a basket raffle, and various walk-around raffles. All funds are split between BTW for new park capital projects and with CBRC for youth sports scholarships.
Veterans Field 100th Anniversary
We celebrated 100 years of sports at Veteran's Field with an Old Timers Game on August 22, 2026.
ALTOONA BLOCK PARTIES
From 2019 to 2022, BTW Corp. hosted several block parties in the summer to celebrate the parks and play spaces we helped create. Sites included:
- Booker T. Washington Park
- Prospect Park
- Iuzzolino Park
- Prospect Park
- Garden Heights Park
- Grove Memorial Park
The parties helped unify the small neighborhoods the parks are located in. We shared free food, partnered with other non-profits, and provided all activities and materials at no cost to attendees.
BTW 3-on-3 Basketball Competition
From 2008 to 2019, we hosted a basketball 3-on-3 tournament for students grade 4-12. From 2008-2018, the tournament was at the Booker T. Washington basketball courts (now called the Don Witherspoon Basketball Courts). In 2019, we moved to the Lakemont Park Basketball Courts to meet growing demand.
Students received a shirt, 2 guaranteed games, and a snack voucher from our picnic area. Games ran from 9 a.m. until roughly 2 p.m. The games were run in double elimination format.