Community Outreach

ACOSA is a premier summer orchestra training camp for local students, sponsored by The Sivel Group. The Mann Center, in partnership with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the School District of Philadelphia, and Project 440, offers this high-quality training experience for free. ACOSA spans three weeks and offers two programs - traditional full orchestra training for the first two weeks and jazz music for the third. It aims to help students in grades 6-12 develop their technical playing skills.

David is an upbeat, kindhearted, 60-year old man battling a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy. After over 30 years of living independently in a home built by his mother, the house has become in disrepair and requires several upgrades to make it more wheelchair accessible. Without these updates, David will be forced to move into a home-care facility. We partnered with Iron Hill Brewery in Chestnut Hill to raise funds for David, as well as with the DuPey Team of Pillar to Post to make some of the necessary repairs to his home.

BHHS has a Community Day every year where our agents go out in to our community to help where needed. This year members of our team went to CW Henry School in Mt Airy to do some gardening and outside clean up, JS Jenks School in Chestnut Hill to read to the children, and to Lingelbach School in Germantown to do some additional gardening and outside clean up.

The Sivel Group sponsored a booth at Springfield Township Community Day, and we had pizza, balloon animals and birch beer for everyone who came to visit us!

Every summer, Springfield Township sponsors several concerts in Cisco Park. This summer, we sponsored The Shady Groove Band for a concert in the park! Despite the rain, everyone was grooving and enjoying the great tunes!

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy supports many fundraising efforts in Chestnut Hill throughout the year. The Sivel Group sponsored their annual Night of Lights along Germantown Avenue, and we attended the Gala at Chestnut Hill College to further support the Conservancy. A beautiful night all around – they even made it snow in the Rotunda!