Even prior to the 2013 decision to purchase land, GVCO had begun to discuss how to incorporate older adult and senior programming into our plans. We have spent a good bit of time talking with the leadership of Surrey Services, Phoenixville Senior Center and the West Chester Senior Center. And of course we spoke with "our own" small group from the now defunct Great Valley Senior Center.
Through the years, GVCO has hosted a number of different senior programs; a very successful weekly bingo event that went on of 6 or 7 years, fitness/exercise and yoga classes. Many enjoyed our GVCO Pickleball program when the old GVBL Center facility was open.
We are now super excited as we are making great progress with the new GVCO Community Center, which is scheduled to open its doors later this summer. We have begun to revisit a number of programming ideas that we had put into our business plan over the course of a number of years. We will definitely be offering some things like pickleball to the older adult/senior Great Valley community, but we are also looking for people here in the community to help map out the programming plan and assist with volunteering within this programming.
If you would like to help develop older adult/senior programming at GVCO, please reach out to community@gvco.org.
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