An arts center that supports artistic and cultural activities in its community seeks to repair a decaying facade, install safety exterior lighting and paint the exterior and interior of the building. The community suffered a major blow because of the July 2019 Gilroy Garlic shooting and never had the chance to recover before entering into the pandemic. Improving the center will help the community continue to promote and embrace the artwork created by residents.
An emergency services center that serves more than 26,000 people per year needs renovations. The center provides emergency services to men, women and children facing unmet basic needs and emergency situations as well as affordable housing solutions for the homeless. As a food, clothing, diaper and household items distribution center and mail drop location for the homeless, the improvements will help the center to continue to address the critical needs of the community.
A grassroots, community-run youth center dedicated to empowering the lives of children and their families seeks assistance in renovating and repairing its space so it can continue to combat poverty through a wide range of programs and resources focused on education, mentorship, health, career and life-skills services. The center also plays a pivotal role in helping seniors and families get medication and health services they cannot afford.
A community center seeks to renovate its dated and poor functioning kitchen so it can better provide food services for those in need, including seniors and disabled individuals. The project will allow the center to have a more professional, efficient, and sanitary kitchen — including a teaching kitchen — from which to launch new free and fee-for-service programs that will enrich the community and bring nutrition and wellness, education, social interaction, and fun to the world of food and nutrition.
A youth boxing program that helps get youths off the streets and into the boxing ring to help them let out their frustrations, gain discipline and build a sense of responsibility seeks assistance in completing construction on its new location so it can open its doors and continue to promote education and wellness through boxing.
A community wishes to transform a vacant parcel of land in an overlooked neighborhood into a vibrant community-driven plaza and park. The inviting space will be a destination hub for community members to come together and celebrate the strength of their neighborhood. Built on the ideas of positivity, inclusiveness and belonging, the park will confront and address social, economic, education, health disparities and work to preserve the history and culture of the neighborhood.
A Habitat for Humanity chapter is hosting an event on September 11 as a day of service and remembrance to honor 9/11’s first responders, veterans, their families and those who went into service because of what happened on that day 20 years ago. The chapter wishes to repair and modify the homes of veterans, first responders and their families, with the goal of helping keep them in place in their homes, preventing displacement and potential homelessness among those who have served our country.
A family shelter that provides housing for more than 250 people and more than 1 million meals annually is seeking to renovate its facility including building a play area for children who are living in the shelter, so it can better provide its many helpful services to those in need.
An organization that provides accessible, high quality mental health services to children and their families seeks to repair damages to its building sustained during a winter storm as well as add additional therapy space to provide care for more clients and reconfigure bathrooms to accommodate gender non-conforming clients. The improvements will provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space from which they can continue to provide a continuum of care.
A clothes closet in a low-income area seeks assistance in repairing and renovating a building that is outdated and inadequate, so it can continue to meet demand and serve clients safely and with dignity. Enabling much-needed access to used clothing, the clothes closet serves the working poor in conjunction with the local food pantry.