A food pantry that has seen a significant increase in the number of clients served seeks to become a higher-capacity and more sustainable organization. They need assistance in constructing a permanent outdoor covering for receiving, storing and distributing food. The improvement will offer staff, clients, and food products protection from the elements during curbside pickups and benefit thousands of households that depend on this service.
A town’s human and civil rights and multicultural center seeks to address long deferred and necessary repairs as well as enhance areas around special exhibits. The improvements will ensure it continues to preserve, promote, and make the town’s history readily to current and future generations of residents and college students — and to use that history as an inspiration to those exposed to it.
A community YMCA seeks assistance in building a community garden that will address area food insecurity needs and serve as a place for seniors to come together to socialize and share their knowledge with the children of the county — a place where anyone who needs fresh vegetables can get them by sharing in the care of the garden.
A town park named for a Major League Baseball hero and humanitarian seeks to revitalize and update the dilapidated recreation area by installing new, inclusive playground equipment to replace current unsafe and unusable play structures. The new playground will serve to improve recreational opportunities, encourage inclusive play between children of all abilities and ages and revitalize the neighborhood.
A state park seeks assistance in maintaining 80+-year-old cabins within the park that are listed on the National Historic Registry. This project will supplement volunteer efforts from a Youth Conservation Corps project and a Cabin Work Week with staining, painting and making repairs to the cabins.
A community member seeks assistance to renovate a local school’s dilapidated playground for student and community use in a town that does not have another town park or playground. In addition to a space for children to gather and play, the area could be used as a gathering place for community events.
A former school in the midst of being converted to a community center looks to repair its gym and stage, which have been destroyed by water damage. The center aims to provide a vibrant place for community members to engage in a myriad of activities and spend time with their friends and neighbors.
A deteriorated town park is in need of renovations, upscaling, and improvements, as it has been neglected since damage sustained during Hurricane Katrina. A dedicated group of volunteers are seeking to renovate basketball courts and raise funds to install a splash pad, sidewalks, and parking, to make the space a friendly and useful one for people of all ages within the community.
A nonprofit organization focused on providing at-risk teens a safe, positive place and support programs including tutoring, mentoring and community service projects seeks to build a greenhouse on its property. The greenhouse will allow the organization to grow its own vegetables and other produce to help bolster the meals they serve to at-risk youth while giving them the opportunity to build life skills by working in the garden themselves.
A town seeks to reimagine a neglected breezeway and create an outdoor shaded dining area for people to space out and enjoy each other’s company along with meals from local restaurants. The spruced-up space will also serve as an outdoor venue for area organizations and groups to gather for meetings and events.