A food pantry housed in a former church that has worked within the donated building’s layout constraints seeks assistance in remodeling, refreshing, and organizing the space to make it more functional. The project will help the organization broaden its efforts and offerings and better serve the community through innovative programs such as the self-service pantry.

An organization that helps the homeless, people transitioning from prison and those coming out of addiction by offering shelter, mentoring, job training, accountability and education would like to renovate its kitchen facilities and update its appliances so it can continue to provide its services to those in need, specifically the organization’s ability to regularly and on special occasions serve hot meals.

A housing facility for female veterans that provides transitional housing, career training, mental health counseling, life skills classes and education programs that put homeless service women back on the path to independence and self-sufficiency seeks assistance in completing construction that will allow the organization to open its doors. Once it does, the facility will be able to provide temporary housing for up to 14 homeless female veterans at a time.

A nonprofit organization aimed at providing minority youth leadership development, mentoring, and academic support through mental health initiatives and youth entrepreneurship training seeks to renovate a house to serve as its headquarters. The house will create a hub for the organization to have a needed safe space for program participants to meet for planned and structured activities, community service initiatives and other endeavors. Members of the youth organization plan to pitch in to do the renovation work.

Country music star and former Lowe’s associate Kane Brown gives back to his hometown of Chattanooga through a rehab and revitalization project with the Boys & Girls Club. The project will provide a much-needed new library, computer lab and large teen lounge for the club whose mission is to enable young people to realize their full potential and become productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

An organization that created a building and trades skills course at the local technical college needs support to complete their Mobile Bus Shop which will serve as a Construction Academy. Housed in a former school bus, the hands-on mobile classroom will expand their reach and bring construction skills education to younger generations at area secondary schools and other youth-centered organizations in the town.

A nonprofit organization working to eliminate barriers to housing, employment and community connection for the formerly incarcerated, homeless or drug addicted seeks support in creating a construction classroom offering skills training for construction industry trainees. The organization aims to create and rebuild a collaborative, one-stop re-integration resource center that offers access to housing, jobs/jobs training, treatment, and therapy in an effort to reduce recidivism rates.

A local grocery business in a community still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina seeks to create an area on its property where people of all ages in the community can come to take advantage of free internet access, enabling them to complete tasks and school assignments in a safe congregational space.

NFL running back Najee Harris will return to the homeless shelter he once lived in with his siblings and mother to update and upgrade the facility. The shelter is part of a multi service agency that serves 15,000 homeless, hungry, and low-income individuals annually and works to eradicate homelessness and revitalize the community through case management, enrichment and job training.

Former NFL player and 3x Super Bowl champ Matt Light will roll-up his sleeves and work alongside young high school students, training them to build a covered bridge. This instructional and hands-on learning experience will introduce young people to the age-old craft of timber frame construction and teach them to work collaboratively while creating a permanent structure that betters the community.