Director's Message

With a little more than a year under our belts at the new GVCO Community Center, it appears as though the community is really embracing the new facility. Our long standing GVBL youth recreational basketball program continues to thrive and the games seem to be more thrilling than ever. 

But the much more exciting news for GVCO is all of the increased community programming that has been rolled out now that GVCO has its own dedicated space. We will be holding our 3rd Blood Drive in a little over a month. We had our first series of English Language Learners program, tutoring adults to better understand the English language this past fall. The Great Valley HS chapter of Best Buddies International held a successfully fun regional cornhole tournament for the first time in the building. We once again partnered with the Brandywine Valley SPCA and held our first ever Yoga With Puppies class. And we have developed a wonderful relationship with the Chester County Intermediate Unit and students in their Discover Program.

The cool part is, this is just the tip of the iceberg! We are coordinating an upcoming bingo event with the East Whiteland Township in late February. This will springboard GVCO into offering a regularly schedule bingo events for seniors in the region, targeted to begin in March. We will be holding our first ever pickleball tournament in early March. It will be targeted to be a day of fun with some spirited competition. GVCO will also be coming out with a full summer camp schedule, and we will be bringing back a community favorite, Fun Camp for Girls. Something we had done very successfully prior to Covid.

So, as we begin 2025, continue to follow GVCO, as we will bring you many of the same wonderful programming we have offered for years. We've added a few new exciting programs. And as always, if you have an idea that you think the community would benefit from, please reach out and share it with us, and let's see if we can add it to the programming!

-Keith Walsh, GVCO Executive Director

ExecDirector@gvco.org

This year, Cradles to Crayons is providing backpacks full of new school supplies to 75,000 local children. Each backpack needs a hand-made well-wish card tucked inside.  

GVCO Blood Drive - March 5th 11AM-4PM

WE NEED A HUGE TURNOUT FROM OUR GV COMMUNITY THIS MARCH!!

BLOOD SUPPLIES ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW.

TAKE THE TIME AND MAKE THE TRIP OVER.

YOU WILL LITERALLY SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

Register via the Red Cross website or the Red Cross' app.

Requirements:

·    Students aged 16 -18 cam donate with parental consent

·    Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh at least 110 lbs. and feeling well.

·    Donors must bring photo id or a Red Cross donor card

For more information, please email community@gvco.org.

Lending Library with Love

The bookmobile will be back on January 25th.

The Lending Library was featured on ABC Channel 6 News!

Family Fun Day Fundraiser

Save the Date: February 22nd!

Join us for the Ultimate Pop A Shot competition for kids and adults! The GVBL teams will be auctioning off themed baskets to fundraise for GVBL!

Chester Co. Intermediate Unit

Discovery Program

Winter Challenger Hoopsters

Challenger Hoopsters is a fun-filled hour focused on basketball skills like dribbling, passing and shooting. Skills and practice will be presented in station format and modified as needed for our participants.

An integral piece of the Challenger Gym and Challenger Hoopsters programs is our Volunteer Buddies. They accompany our participants on every step, hop, roll, run and slide all while playing, encouraging, and generally having fun.

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie McAneney at challenger@gvco.org

Read more about GVCO college internships, the GVHS Cooperative Education Internship and high school internships.

Pickleball

Use code GVCOPB in TeamReach

Open Play on Tuesdays and Thursdays:

• Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
• Drop-in Fee: $10 in cash
• Please add yourself to Team Reach for open play so other players can see who will be attending.

Weekday Hours:

• All available times can be viewed in the Team Reach app
• $32 for 1.5 hours of court time per group - i.e. if there are 4 people in the group, it'd be $8 each
• Reservations require a minimum of 4 consecutive weeks and payment by 1 person from the group
• Payment for 4 weeks is $128 = 4 x $32
• Week to week reservations will not be accepted
• Ideally, payment is by check sent to or dropped off at GVCO.
• Contact pickleball@gvco.org to reserve court time

Reserving a Court:

• Find available days and times in the Team Reach app.
• Please send an email to pickleball@gvco.org to make reservations.
• Check the GVCO Community Calendar to find additional open weekday and weekend times.

Any questions, please reach out to pickleball@gvco.org  

Your company's or organization's banner will hang for one whole year in the brand new GVCO Community Center. Download and complete a Banner Sponsorship Form. Questions can be directed to sponsorship@GVCO.org

It's time for everyone in our Great Valley community to GIVE BACK. The community's support over the past six years has been tremendous [Donor List (12/31/24) ].

Let's finish what we started, paying off the debt and moving forward with the next phase of the project. To do this, the support must continue and be more broad based.

We are asking for help from the entire Great Valley private, public and business community.

For further details on the project, how you can make a significant financial impact or information with regard to Naming Rights for the complex and areas throughout the project, please reach out to Keith Walsh at execdirector@gvco.org

Read and see more about the GVCO buildup and plans

Rendering of the 1st Phase of the

GVCO Community Center.

See the vision of our new Great Valley Community Center when all phases are finished. Find out some of what we plan to offer at a fully completed complex. 

Do You Match?

Did you know your employer might have a Matching Gifts program?

It's a great way to contribute and help GVCO complete the entire new GVCO Community Center project.

Use code #47309 for GVCO!

GVCO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization