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<h3>Below is our statement and our response to the Corona Virus Crisis ...We are here to help.</h3>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Find community groups organizing to so people can help each other through the crisis here:</h4>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mutualaidhub.org/"><strong>Mutual Aid Hub</strong></a></h3>
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<h4><strong>Beginning Monday, March 30,</strong> residents can pick up a box of food on Mondays and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and noon at sites throughout the city. One box will be given per household. <strong><a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-philadelphia-city-announces-free-food-distribution-for-residents-impacted-by-covid-19-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR22FDxBCDYaLXHreaWGWDORCrZ9qN4olEmTChJsM9bl3fYbDrv8TiccGF0">Food Pickup Sites</a></strong></h4>
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<h3>Our Statement and our Response:</h3>
<h4> <strong>DelVal CoCo</strong> is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to promoting co-living and other co-operative ventures across the Delaware Valley, which includes Southeast Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Northern Delaware and Northeastern Maryland.</h4>
<strong>Now, during these unprecedented times we all need to help each other...</strong> This is exactly what our purpose as an organization is all about. We believe that the current way of living in mainstream society has been making us unhealthy and destroying our environment. There is evidence that the current crisis may owe its origin, in part, to bad industrial farming practices the world over by moving humans closer to wild areas where viruses can make the jump from animal to human. (It is a bit more complex, but this is a contributing factor)

We can also see how the priorities of this system left us with our guard down and unprepared to respond quickly. We all must do our part. That is why we are strongly encouraging physical distancing during this crisis. That will be supporting an insufficient health care system and it's front-line workers, giving them the time to prepare to help those who contract the virus until treatments, and eventually a vaccine can be developed.

<strong>This means staying at home and only going out for necessities or to get some exercise</strong>... <strong>and keeping physical distance of at least 6 ft from each other when we are in public ...</strong> This will be a huge challenge and we will need to help each other get through it.

There are community efforts being organized to do just that. We are looking in on our neighbors, delivering food to those who are at greater risk of venturing out, and letting people know about other available resources for workers who have lost their jobs (<em>Like non-profit and government funds being made available for people who have suffered economically</em>) There are on-line mental health support efforts being offered and we wish to share any creative ways that people are supporting each other and entertaining themselves while staying home.

<strong>In this unprecedented time we are building a network of these community efforts so that people who can help, can find people who need help</strong>.. Below is a <em>community relief page</em> where people can look for help or offer help.
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://delvalcoco.org/corona-virus-community-relief/"><strong>Corona Virus Community Relief Page</strong></a></h2>
Click on the link and put in your need or what you can do. If you are looking for help, you can go to the link and see what people are offering. If you can give helps you can look to see who needs help. When you post, make sure to provide contact information so that others may find you. We recommend using an Instant Messaging App to link people to each other so that sensitive information can be shared while protecting your privacy.

<em><b>Below </b></em><b>there are links to community efforts throughout the city providing various kinds of support.</b>

Some are specific to certain geographic areas of the City of Philadelphia. (Once this network is up and running, it is our intention to build it out to surrounding counties and then throughout the Delaware Valley) Others are for particular populations. Still others are more broad based. Check them out and find the one that fits for you.. At the top of this page is a link to the <em>Mutual Aid Hub</em>... an on-line tool that will also bring you to these efforts listed below. You can also add your own local effort if you get one organized ...

Check out our fb page as well..
<h4>Visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/delvalcoco/">Facebook Page</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DelValColiving/">Group</a></h4>
We will be monitoring activity and posting resources throughout the crisis on both this website and our fb page too. Look out for info on both.

Co-living is grounded on the very notion that we are in this together and, working together, we can all be healthier and get through hardship easier. <strong>We are here to help each other!</strong>
<h4><span style="color: #339966;"><strong><em>"To go fast, go alone. </em></strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #339966;"><strong><em>To go far, go together."</em></strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #339966;"><strong><em>-African proverb</em></strong></span></h4>
<em>LIST OF GROUPS STARTS HERE</em>

<em>Brief description of each group</em>

We welcome individuals and existing co-living communities to join our network and those seeking co-living opportunities to become members. When this crisis is over, and it will end, we will be resuming our normal activities.
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