The Den's First Year
February 26, 2009 - Kris Hill, Covington/Maple Valley Reporter
Music has become a major draw at The Den, Maple Valley’s youth center, which recently celebrated its first birthday. The Den, which is in a 3,600 square foot modular building next door to the Greater Maple Valley Community Center, opened in January 2008 after more than a decade of planning. Read more »
Dinner dance exceeds 100 sweethearts
February 23, 2009 - D’Ann Tedford, Voice of the Valley
They dined and danced – a little jitterbug, some Western swing. It was the best $3 deal in town. More than 100 guests packed Maple Valley Community Center for the Janet McKim Senior Sweetheart Valentine Dinner Dance. There were sweethearts and singles, the sexy and suave. And, all over age 50. Read more »
Wii bit o' fun
January 16, 2009 - Covington/Maple Valley Reporter
Seniors can try their hand at Wii Sports games three days a week. Allison Scott takes a break from her duties as director of senior services at the community center. Fred Englehardt and Linda Worley, a senior program specialist, watch Harry Engelhardt play the Wii bowling game. Read more »
Ryan Eley Memorial at The Den Youth Center
December 8 , 2008 - Voice of the Valley
Ryan Eley was a 2005 graduate of Tahoma High School who was killed in an auto accident earlier this year. He loved computer games. To honor his memory, donations to The Den Youth Center made by family and friends have been used to purchase computer games which other “gamers” are enjoying. Read more »
2008 Trick or Trucks
October 31, 2008 - Voice of the Valley
Sirens blared, lights flashed, horns honked, dumpsters dumped, and even the sun shined as over 300 “truck-or-treaters” attended the 2nd annual Trick or Trucks extravaganza at the Maple Valley Community Center. Just imagine being four years old again and pretending you are driving a real size dump truck! Read more »
La Attempts wins Battle of the Bands
October 25, 2008 - Voice of the Valley
An audience of 164 local youth rocked out at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center on Saturday night, October 25, 2008 at the 8th annual Battle of the Bands. Eight bands were judged on crowd response, stage presence, flow, and originality. The band La Attempts took first place. Read more »
Handed-down clothes have good second life
October 4, 2008 - Maple Valley Reporter
On Sept. 20, the third Baby and Kids Clothing Exchange was held at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center. The concept was simple: Bring in the clothes that your kids have outgrown and take home some in the size you need. Read more »
United Way Day of Caring
September 12, 2008
Exchanging computers for shovels and chain saws, a volunteer crew of 12 Microsoft employees area chopped and dug their way through the overgrown foliage at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center as part of the 2008 United Way Day of Caring on September 12th. Read more »
Community Connections Advertising
Voice of the Valley
We hope you have seen some of our ads in Maple Valley's very own local newspaper, the Voice of the Valley. In May of 2007, GMVCC published the first in our popular series of Community Connections ads that feature real GMVCC participants. Read more »