Community
Emergency Services
BVO provides emergency help with food, clothing, shelter and transportation. All requests are handled on a completely confidential basis; at BVO we respect your privacy.
- Contact: Carolyn, Executive Director
- Phone: 519-599-2577 ext.121
- Fax: 519-599-9979
- Email: executivedir@bvo.ca
Information & Referral
BVO provides community and social services information and referral as necessary, but we encourage families and individuals to call 211 to find the services they need.
When you dial the 211 hotline, you are connected with a Certified Information and Referral Specialist who has been trained to assess your needs, answer your questions accurately, and advise you about help available for you and your loved ones.
211 is Free, Confidential, and Available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Contact: Pamela McDermid:
Phone: 519-599-2577 ext. 126
Fax: 519-599-9979
Email: seniors@bvo.ca
Fresh Food Basket
Good food for good value! This monthly fruit and vegetable buying cooperative makes healthy food available at a very reasonable cost for anyone in The Blue Mountains community. This service runs September – June. Please find our registration form below or come into the office and sign up today.
- Contact: Julie Traversa
- Phone: 519-599-2577 ext. 125
- Fax: 519-599-9979
- Email: volunteer@bvo.ca
- Website: www.answers4seniors.ca
Order:
Call by the 2nd Tuesday of the month
Pick Up: 3rd Wednesday of the month; 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. If you are physically unable to pick up your box, please contact Catherine at BVO
Cost:
Individual box $10.00
Subsidy available, please call
Family box $15.00
Location:
Beaver Valley Community Centre
You Can Help!
Donate to subsidize a Fresh Food Basket recipient – Volunteer to pack or distribute boxes at the Community Centre.
Information & Registration
Christmas Hampers
Christmas Hampers include gifts, clothing, festive foods and treats for people in our community who may need assistance and support over the Holidays. Donations of food, gift cards, clothing and toys are assembled and hampers are prepared by a group of BVO volunteers.
Please note that BVO is only able to accept applications from families or individuals who reside in The Blue Mountains/Thornbury/Clarksburg and surrounding communities. The names and addresses of all applicants are only known to our Executive Director.
Donate cash, gift cards, toys and other goods to help us make good things happen for families and individuals in our community during the Christmas Season.Volunteer to help pack and deliver hampers.
- Contact: Carolyn Letourneau
- Phone: 519-599-2577 ext.121
- Fax: 519-599-9979
- Email: executivedir@bvo.ca
Thornbury Community Gardens
Launched in 2018 as a collaborative project between the municipality, local businesses, the community, schools, and local non-profits/charities, and adopted by BVO, Thornbury Community Gardens offer 20+ residents access to their own private garden to grow food, which they can take home or give away. TCG hosts gardens that grow more than 200 lbs of food, some of which goes to families in need, tended by volunteers and school students during educational workshops.
We look forward to many happy growing seasons together! For more information, please email thornburycommunitygardens@gmail.com or call 519-379-3634.
Annual super-fun Easter Celebration at the Beaver Valley Community Centre, featuring Pancake Breakfast, Magic Egg Hunt, Face Painting, Storybook Time, Create a Craft, and much more!
- Contact: Catherine Sholtz
- Phone: 519-599-2577
- Email: admin@bvo.ca
Help put good food on tables. Add 25¢ or more to your grocery order at Foodland Thornbury. Money collected will help neighbours in need with their grocery purchases.
- Contact: Catherine Sholtz
- Phone: 519-599-2577
- Email: admin@bvo.ca
Help us raise funds for our programs and services. Instead of taking your beer & wine empties to the Beer Store, please deposit them in the Bottles for BVO bin at The Blue Mountains landfill site.
- Contact: Catherine Sholtz
- Phone: 519-599-2577
- Email: admin@bvo.ca
