Come volunteer at our upcoming
SPCA Donation Drive
Our GVCO Caring Hands organization has partnered with the Brandywine Valley SPCA and Senator Committa’s office to host a month long Donation Drive to benefit the local SPCA.
Throughout September and into early October, Caring Hands will need volunteers to be at weekend drop off days, Kong stuffing, adoption days and helping with the Chester County Seeing Eye puppies. All of this will take place at the new GVCO Community Center complex on Bacton Hill Rd. Further info and online sign up coming soon.
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Charlestown Day 2021
September 25th
8:00am-3:00pm
GVCO Caring Hands has been volunteering at Charlestown Day for many years and GVCO was a benefactor several years ago. This fun filled family day will take place at Charlestown Park, 100 Academy Way, Phoenixville. We will be creating a volunteer sign up for multiple blocks of 2-3 hour time slots to help with the 5K run in the morning, carnival games all day long, a moon bounce for the kids and more. Further info and online sign up coming soon.
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Coming This Fall
Crayons to Cradles
children’s clothing drive – Fall 2021
This will be the 3rd Annual C2C drive. First two years were a great success and we're looking forward to greater things this year! From mid-October through early November we will be looking for many volunteers to help.
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GVCO Caring Hands Tent Sale – Fall 2021
Once again we have received a significant donation Christmas holiday items from an online gift retailer and we will be hosting our Tent Sale at the GVCO Community Center complex for several weekends this fall. We will be looking for numerous volunteers to assist with this event.
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Home of the Sparrow Winter White Out Event - November
NEW event this year! We will be partnering with Home of the Sparrow to assist women facing homelessness to secure housing and achieve long-term stability. There will be more info on this event as we move forward in the calendar.
"Good Neighbors" initiative - holiday gift wrapping
For many years, we have been wrapping hundreds of gifts and delivering them to several local senior centers during the holidays.
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Student Leadership
Co-Presidents
2021-22
School Year
Mia & Lauren
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Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
- Max Carver
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GET INVOLVED
We've had a tremendous number of students signing up for GVCO Caring Hands activities for 2021-2022. Since "many hands make light work" and so many volunteers, we will be able to accomplish so much more for the community!
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Parents - you are welcome to come out and help too! |
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With the school year approaching, many rising 11th and 12th graders are setting their sights on taking an SAT or ACT test this fall. Whether your student needs help preparing for the test, deciding whether to focus on the SAT or ACT, choosing a test date, or mastering the underlying content matter needed for the exams, contact Ivy Experience for help.
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Despite the occassional heat and rain, it was great getting the kids runnin' outdoors and seeing all the parents, friends and neighbors enjoying the games from lawn chairs in the grass. 469 kids participated - what a great community feel!
Congrats to this year's summer league champions...but bigger congrats to all those who participated, players, coaches, referees and spectators. For the most part there was lots of smiles, some very good basketball and great sportsmanship - just the way the GVBL mission and vison is drawn up!
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GVCO Cheer
Fall Cheer begins Aug. 16. Athletes will learn cheers and routines to be performed during Fall football games.
Cheer for Grades 2-6 will include Fall competitions and early Winter basketball games.
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Flag Football for K-1
Season lasts 9/24 - 1st week of Nov.
1 hour practice on a weeknight
1 hour game on Saturday mornings
We keep the team rosters small and play 5 v 5 so all the kids get a chance to participate. Each player will have a chance to be QB and have the opportunity to be the running back who runs for a touchdown at every game!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!
2021 COED HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL
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Highlights:
· Games are played Sundays around midday
· Season is late September to early November
· Minimum of 10 players per team
· Games are played 5v5. Two girls per team must be on the field at all times
· 6 game season plus playoffs
· GVCO will provide 2 referees and a scorekeeper for every game
· Players will receive team jerseys
· All games played at the new GVCO Community Center complex on Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern
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Fall Crew - Grades 8-12
Rowers must be area High and Middle School Students in grades 8-12 for Fall 2021.
Great Valley Crew will be rowing out of the John S. Trinsey Jr. Memorial Boathouse in Bridgeport. There is a Voluntary Parent-led carpool for those that want to participate.
Practices begin Aug. 16th and are MONDAY-WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY 3:45-6:15PM and SATURDAYS at Trinsey from 10AM to 1PM. .
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GVCO Community Center Sitework Continues at Bacton Hill
With each week that passes Spear Excavating continues to make progress on the site. The weather has been pretty good to GVCO as the cool nights and decent amount of rain has been enough to get the grass on the playing field to germinate and turn green with grass.
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Tons of soil have been moved as the long lower stormwater basin is being formed. See the old GVBL Center building in the background. |
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The building pad is beginning to take shape. |
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We are on our way...
to a world-class community resource that delivers a broad range of sports, educational, arts, recreational and senior programs that address key community needs.
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We need your help to finish what we've started! We will not get the necessary financing to complete the project without raising additional funds.
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DONATE NOW to finalize the building of our brand new GVCO Community Center!
The time is NOW.... Together we can make it happen!
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Haly Oil, now Haly Home Comfort, started in 1985 with one truck and one customer. Delivering home heating oil was the initial focus, but it wasn’t long before a service department was added.
Today, as the 35th anniversary approaches, the mission-driven Haly Companies strive to provide home comfort and energy services around the clock in the most customer-friendly way possible. And, Walter “Bud” Haly, owner and co-founder, continues to put customers and the community first, just as he did when he began delivering oil in 1985.
Bud and the entire Haly family have given GVCO an incredible amount of time, energy, resources and service throughout its 20+ years in existence. “We’re a family-owned business,” Bud says. “We live where you live, we raise our kids here, and we strive to have a positive impact on the environment. Our community is your community, and your friends are our friends.” And this epitomizes GVCO’s mission and goals. GVCO is proud to partner with our local friend and business owner.
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More Ways to Support GVCO |
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Do You Match?
It's a great way to contribute and help GVCO complete the entire new GVCO Community Center project.
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CONNECT WITH US
Great Valley Caring Hands
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CONNECT WITH US
Great Valley Community Organization
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GVCO is a 501(c)(3) organization |
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