Important Updates from Parkwood Youth Organization:  Phased Plan for Spring 2020 Effective Immediately  
Updated May 18th 01:16am

A message to our families,

This Spring has proven to be a very difficult time for our families and our players. It is unfortunate that we must make hard choices in regards to the 2020 Spring sports seasons. Due to the extended stay at home order for our area pushed to June 4th the Board has made the decision to excel the phase 2 determination date and have moved to cancel the Spring Intramural Soccer Season. This was a very difficult decision for us to make as many families have been eager to get back on the fields as have we. We are still holding onto hope that we will be able to start some sports later but in preparation for the possibility the Spring season is shut down we would like to provide our families with options. 

Our #1 priority is the safety of the players and our families. The Executive board met Thursday May 14th after much feedback from our families , reviewing the current City, State and Federal updates we have made the determination that we will continue to monitor the situation in regards to Intramural Baseball and Volleyball programs with the hope of still having a season and bringing some normalcy back to our families by delaying seasonal starts. In preparation for the delayed start of the Spring/Summer seasons we are continuing to take a phased approach. 

Noted in the plan we have determined the latest start dates for each program. Cancelation determinations will be made prior to targeted start dates. We will provide the full cancelation plan below. please note that cancelation determination dates can be moved up if closures continue past target start dates

Spring 2020 Cancelation Plan 

All club activities will continue to be suspended that includes all practices, games and other events associated with Parkwood Youth Organization as we proceed through Phase 1 and 2. 

Phase 1 

• Survey to be sent to families (see notes below) 

  • Link to Survey 

    • If the link does not work you can copy and paste this to your browser https://forms.gle/YfZZDbdE5ycrABLF9

• Sunday May 17th 

  • Survey Available on PYO Home Page 

  • Survey will be available on the PYO Facebook Page

Phase 2 :

Intramural Soccer

• Executive Board Voted to cancel Spring 2020 

  • Season Has been Canceled  (May 14th) 

• Donation/Credit/Reimbursement

  •  Process to start Week of June 1st 

Executive Board Virtual Meeting :

• May 28th 

• Phase 3 Determination meeting Week of June 22nd 

Phase 3 :

Intramural Baseball (Phillies RBI)

• Latest Start Date July 1st

• Cancellation Determination Date June 23rd 

• ***Possibility of moving Intramural Baseball (Phillies RBI) to Fall if canceled. 

Volleyball

• Latest Start Date July 1st

• Cancellation Determination Date June 23rd 

Donation/Credit/Reimbursement

•  Process to start Week of July 6th 

Spring/Summer Season Survey Information :

Sunday May 17th  we will be sending an email to all registered participants as well as posting to both our facebook and home page a link to a survey  that will provide options for families to determine their desire to continue to participate in the delayed seasons or opt out.  The survey will provide families the ability to determine how their Spring/Summer fees are allocated. 

We will provide 3 Options 

1. Donation 

• As a non-profit(501 (c)(3)) volunteer organization we rely heavily on registration dollars to fund our Club and programs.  If you are able to apply all or a portion of your Spring registration payment  as a donation to the club, your generosity  will help us continue to provide programming to our community in future seasons. As a thank you if  your donation is >50% of the registration amount you will be eligible for a $10 credit to be used on your next registration and for a full donation you will be eligible for a $20 credit towards your next registration. 

  • (Please note that all donations are tax deductible.)

1. Credit 

• If you would like to request a credit, we will create a code that can be used  during your next registration.  You will also be eligible for a $10 voucher for a future registration beginning Winter 2021) 

1. Reimbursement 

• If you would like to request reimbursement of the Spring fee we will process as quickly as possible. Reimbursement is a MANUAL process. We just ask for your patience as we update each request.  As a non-profit organization, Parkwood Youth Organization will retain $5 from the registration fees to cover the processing and transaction fees our organization incurs with each transaction.

A note for our families that have children playing Travel Soccer. Registration for the 2020-2021 Travel Soccer Season  will be opening Monday May 18th. Should you have any Questions about Travel SOccer please reach out to Derek Ross at [email protected] 

Thank you to all the Men and Women on the frontline helping to keep our hospitals staffed ,families safe and store shelves stocked. We are all in this together! 

For the most current and up to date information concerning Covid-19 visit these websites 

• World Health Organization 

• CDC

• Philadelphia Public Health Department  

• American Lung Association 

On behalf of the Parkwood Youth Organization Executive Board, Board of Directors and Program Directors we wish you all well. We want to thank you for your patience as this has been a learning process for us all. You can see this and more updates on the PYO home page. You can also follow us on Instagram and Facebook. 

Bob Davis

President

[email protected]

Passing of an Icon

It is with sad hearts that we announce the passing of Gordon Dunlop Sr. 

Mr. Dunlop was one of Parkwood Youth Organization’s founding fathers back in 1965. With the dedication of Mr. Dunlop and many others their legacy has lived on through the growth of the club to this day. Mr. Dunlop’s commitment to the youth of Parkwood not only was shown through the teams he coached that his children played on but also impacted many lives on teams he coached that his children did not play on.