About Us. . . We’re Anne and Bob Pounds, the founders and proprietors of Welcome Neighbor, and we bring to people who have just moved into their new homes a beautiful welcome basket full of gifts and gift certificates and community connections and resources. We have been doing this, with the help of our wonderful team of women, since 1999. In January 2020, we celebrated our 21st year of welcomes and made our 50,000th visit in that same month! We are involved in the community, part of Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce, and our team of greeting women are also living in their communities and able to help find the cool things to do and places to go.
But it’s really more about YOU, if you are a local business, medical or dental practice, or health care network in the Brandywine Valley and want to be personally introduced to new homeowners.
It’s about YOU, if you are a new homeowner (we also visit parents of new babies and new citizens) and would like us to welcome you into your home with generous no-strings gifts and all the community resources: libraries, trails, parks, dog parks, playgrounds, museums and events, kids’ activities, sports, and best-kept secrets to your new neighborhood—all to help you make the connections you need to get settled in your new home. We don’t sell anything, and there is no obligation—ever—to buy from any of the local people who have gifts for you.
Here is where we operate our welcome baskets:
(Hyperlinks below will direct you to your township or borough municipal resources.)
But it’s really more about YOU, if you are a local business, medical or dental practice, or health care network in the Brandywine Valley and want to be personally introduced to new homeowners.
It’s about YOU, if you are a new homeowner (we also visit parents of new babies and new citizens) and would like us to welcome you into your home with generous no-strings gifts and all the community resources: libraries, trails, parks, dog parks, playgrounds, museums and events, kids’ activities, sports, and best-kept secrets to your new neighborhood—all to help you make the connections you need to get settled in your new home. We don’t sell anything, and there is no obligation—ever—to buy from any of the local people who have gifts for you.
Here is where we operate our welcome baskets:
(Hyperlinks below will direct you to your township or borough municipal resources.)
- Western Delaware County: Glen Mills, Thornbury, Chadds Ford, Boothwyn, portions of Upper Chichester Townships, Chester Heights Borough, Garnet Valley, Aston
- Southern Chester County: Nottingham, Oxford, Kirkwood, Kemblesville, Landenberg, West Grove, Jennersville, Cochranville, Avondale, Toughkenamon, New Garden, Kennett Square Borough, Unionville, Kennett Township, Pennsbury Township, Birmingham Township, and Pocopson Township, Lincoln University
- Greater West Chester and nearby: West Chester Borough, East Goshen Township, West Goshen Township, East Bradford Township, Westtown Township, and Thornbury Township
