Community Bulletin Board
Welcome to the Online Community Bulletin Board for
Downingtown Area School District.
Here we will feature events offered by DASD and organizations, clubs and teams throughout our communities that serve to enrich the lives of our students, their families and the community.
COMMUNITY EVENTS SHARED WITH US
- Event: Holiday Movie Night offered by DHSE Helping Hands Club
- Wear your PJs and bring a blanket!
- Come watch a classic holiday movie with your friends and/or family
- Date: December 11, 2025
- Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Location: DHSE Atrium 50 Devon Drive Exton, PA 19341
- Cost for the fundraiser:
- $2.00 entrance fee or
- Non-perishable food donation
- RSVP by December 6
- Flyer: Helping Hands Movie Night
DHSE Helping Hands Club is offering this Holiday Fundraiser to help raise funds/food donations for the West Chester Food Cupboard.
- Event: Babysitting Certification Class/CABA Child & Babysitting Safety
- Date: December 29, 2025
- Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Location: Uwchlan Ambulance Corps
- Registration: Training@station87.com
- Flyer: Babysitting Certification Class
- Event: Repair Cafe Downingtown
- All are welcome, even non-Downingtown residents
- What is a Repair Cafe? It is a community-based meeting place about repairing things (clothes, small electrical appliances, bicycles, toys and the like) with the overarching goal to reduce waste sent to landfills. To learn more about the Repair Café concept visit: www.repaircafe.org/en/about/
- Most things can be fixed!
- Repair Coaches will be on-site to help!
- Date: January 10, 2026
- Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Location: Central Presbyterian Church 100 W. Uwchlan Ave Downingtown, PA 19335
- Contact: Bob Berkowitz
(845) 492-1116- Website: RepairCafeDowningtown.com
- Email: RepairCafe165@gmail.com
- Flyer: Repair Cafe Downingtown
- Event: Rising Stars:
- Exciting, high-impact leadership challenge
- empowers students to make a real difference by helping grant wishes for children with critical
illnesses through Make-A-Wish.
- Dates: Eight-week challenge (Jan 26–Mar 19)
- Who: High school juniors and seniors
- Recognition & Scholarship Opportunities for top fundraisers:
- $7,500 scholarship
- Letters of recommendation
from chapter leadership - $2,500 Community Champion Scholarship
- Overall: $10,000 in college scholarships.
- Contact: Devon Giunta
- Phone: (215) 987-3146
- Flyer: Rising Stars
- Event: Soccer Pups Downingtown - Free Class Coupon
- Class: 45 minutes of high- energy soccer for your 3-9 year olds. Athletes will play soccer while exploring moving and making new friends!
- Location: 905 E. Lancaster Ave Downingtown (Home Depot/Chick-fil-A Shopping Center)
- Phone: (512) 296-2888 or (484) 364-4318
- Contact: Soccer Pups
- Register: Soccer Pups
- Flyer: Needed for free class
- Event: Cartwheel: supporting family wellness and mental health webinars
- Dates: various throughout 2025-2026
- Location: Register for webinars: live or replay
- Website: Cartwheel
- Calendar PDF
- Event: Communities that Care (CTC) Parent Blog
- Date: Monthly
- Link: CTC Parent 2 Parent Blog
- Website: Communities that Care (CTC)
- Flyer: CTC's Parent to Parent Blog
CLINICS, CLUBS & GROUPS
- West Chester Children's Chorus
- Join us! for the 2025-2026 Season!
- Who can join?
- All singers aged K-12 of any voice type who love to sing and want to add a choir experience to their life!
- What to expect?
- No preparation is necessary to audition. A member of the WCCC staff will listen to you sing and guide you through a few vocal warm ups and activities.
- Registration:
- Singers interested in joining the chorus can complete the audition registration.
- Walk-in Registration also welcome!
- Questions? Email: Mrs. Eileen Keller, Executive Director
- WC Children's Chorus website
- Flyer: WCCC Flyer
- Grief Support with A Haven
- All groups meet two evenings a month at no cost to families.
- Parent Loss Family Group
- This group is for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent to attend with their caregivers.
- General Loss Family Group
- This group is for grieving children who have experienced the death of a loved one to attend with their caregivers.
- Teen Night
- This group is for middle and high schoolers who have experienced the death of a loved one.
- Young Adult Grief Group
- This group is for young adults ages 19-25 who have experienced a death of a loved one.
- For more information: Carrie
- A Haven website
- Flyer: A Haven support group
- Event: Downingtown Cub Scout Pack 23 - both Girls and Boys
- Den Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month
- Pack Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month
- Time for all meetings: 6:30 p.m.
- Location: Central Presbyterian Church 100 West. Uwchlan Ave, Downingtown
- Contact: Scott Bellamy email
- Website: Downingtown Cub Scout Pack 23
- Flyer: Cub Scout Pack 23
- Event: The Campus After School Care & Day Off Camp
- Location: 4533 Lincoln Highway Downingtown 19335
- After Care:
- School days and early dismissals
- Afterschool transportation from specific schools
- Homework help
- Snack
- Fun Activities
- Day Off Camp:
- All-day care during days off from school
- 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Grades K-8
- Lots of fun activities
- Snack
- Details: Jane Ventrella
- Website: The Campus
- Flyer: The Campus
*Downingtown Area School District does not support or endorse this program, activity or event.
- Event: Global Youth Excellence & Leadership Program
- GYEL is a program that empowers leadership, fosters global awareness and offers mentorship from international professionals.
- Spring Applications being accepted on the GYEL site
- Flyer: Global Youth Excellence & Leadership Program
- Event: Spark After The Bell
K-5 - Location: 70 Senn Drive Chester Springs, PA 19425