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MARCH 17, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 7
Take Two - Cavod To Present “The Music Man Jr.” BY ANN MEAD ASH
Because of the pandemic, members of the 2020-21 Girls Advisory Board (GAB) met virtually. GAB recently awarded $19,000 in funding to five local nonprofit organizations.
Girls Advisory Board Awards Grants BY FRANCINE FULTON
ach year, a group of young women from Chester County high schools are tasked with an important assignment - to award grants to nonprofit organizations and agencies that target the needs of women and girls. The students are part of the Girls Advisory Board (GAB) program, which has been presented annually for the past 25 years by the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG). GAB is a nationally recognized girls’ grantmaking program open to high school girls entering 10th and 11th grades. Members of the 2020-21 GAB class recently awarded $19,000 in funding to five local nonprofit organizations. The recipients are the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, Alianzas de Phoenixville, The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, The Clinic in Phoenixville and La Comunidad Hispana in Kennett Square, now known as LCH Health and Community Services. Girls are invited to apply for the
continued. “I think it was challenging. Whenever they went there in person, they could feel like they were a part of what was going on. They were not meeting clients but meeting the leaders and talking to them. It is more powerful to be there in person. It was harder virtually, but it was all we could do this year.” This year’s wrap-up ceremony, where the grantees are highlighted, was held virtually on March 9. Last year, the event took place at the Chester County History Center in West Chester. Kelly said an added benefit of the program is that the girls become friends through the grant-making process. “They remain in touch, which is nice to see,” she stated. “One of the things the girls like the most about the program is meeting other peers that are like-minded and share their interests. It’s a powerful part of the program.” Over the past 25 years, CCFWG has awarded more than $3.5 million to 80 local nonprofit organizations. For more information, readers may visit www.ccfwg.org.
See “The Music Man Jr.” pg 6
Derrick Lambert will play Harold Hill in the rescheduled production of “The Music Man Jr.,” set to play at Cavod Theatre, New Holland, on two weekends in March.
Planning Commission To Host Virtual Programs BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Chester County Planning Commission recently released a spring calendar of events that will include virtual programs that are free and open to the community via Zoom. A Spring Planners’ Forum will be held on Tuesday, March 30, from 9 to 10 a.m. The topic will be “What will be the long-term impacts of the pandemic?” The program will begin
INSIDE THIS ISSUE High School Students Invited To Take Part In Art Contest . . . . . . . . . .2 VisionCorps Helps Clients Learn To Live Independently . . . . . .4 Community Calendar . . . .6 House Of Worship . . . . . . .7 Women’s Group Completes Comforters, Kit Bags . . . . .8 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9
See Planning Commission pg 4
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program in May, and applicants are chosen over the summer. The group begins meeting in September at the start of the school year. “We have 20 members on the GAB,” noted Maeve Kelly, GAB communications and program associate. “They are from school districts all over the county, and they represent different towns.” She noted that the grants are awarded each year thanks to an endowment that was established by the CCFWG 25 years ago. Because of the pandemic, the girls had an even greater challenge this year. Most meetings and visits to the agencies that applied for the grants were done virtually. “The first few meetings were in person outdoors with social distance precautions in place when the weather would allow. After that, they met virtually,” Kelly said. “(In a typical year), the girls decide where they want to do site visits, and they would go the nonprofit, meet with the leaders there and learn more about the organization in person.” “This year, there were no on-site visits; they were all virtual,” Kelly
After more than a decade bringing musicals and dramas to the New Holland area, Cavod Theatre has looked back to the organization’s roots to stage a junior version of one of the theater’s first productions - “The Music Man.” Last set to play in December 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, the show, “The Music Man Jr.,” will be presented at Cavod Theatre, 641 W. Main St., New Holland, at 7 p.m. on Fridays, March 19 and 26; at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, March 20 and 27; and at 4 p.m. on Sundays, March 21 and 28. “It’s one of the more fun junior shows,” said director Alex Weaver, who grappled with the challenges of rehearsing under COVID-19 restrictions. Weaver divided the 36-member cast into “family groupings,”