Great Valley Community Organization Collecting Items For Kids

MALVERN, PA — The Great Valley Community Organization is teaming up with a local charity to help children in need.

GVCO recently partnered with Cradles to Crayons-Philadelphia to run a month long donation drive to help children living in homeless or low income situations in the five-county Philadelphia region.

Through GVCO's student run Caring Hands Foundation, a collaboration of volunteers have helped managed a highly successful campaign thus far.

For several weekends volunteers from multiple organizations such as the Caring Hands Foundation, the GVCO Internship Program, the Great Valley Basketball League travel team program and the Downingtown Balvihar Youth Group have all pitched in to help with this community wide event.

The final drop off date of the drive will be Saturday, Nov. 16 at the GVBL Center at 19 N.Bacton Hill Road in Malvern. See a full list of new and slightly used items that Cradles to Crayons accepts online here.

The event's organization began in July 2019. Attached is the full organizational plan created by a GVCO college intern (Casey), and coordinated by a GVCO high school intern (Olivia) and the student president of the GVCO Caring Hands Foundation (Marley).

Caring Hands is working on the following initiative, as well:

• Writing Thanksgiving cards that will be distributed to "homebound" seniors who will be receiving meals from our partner, Surrey Services.
• Wrapping gifts donated to GVCO for 300 invitees to the Great Valley Senior luncheon put on by the Desmond Project group at the GVHS to be held on Dec. 5
• GVCO Caring Hands Foundation will be donating turkeys to Surrey Services-Malvern/East Goshen for their holiday luncheon as part of our "Good Neighbors" initiative
• Wrap and deliver 75 gifts for the Phoenixville Senior Centers Xmas Holiday luncheon on Dec. 18 as part of our "Good Neighbors" initiative
• Volunteer the two weekends at GVBL games prior to Christmas to raise money for GVCO "Local Families in Need" initiative.