Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA wants to address the childcare desert in the community by renovating its youth center to be used for licensed programs like non-traditional child care, care before 8am and after 5pm to help match the needs of local shift work employees, drop-in care for parents who may only need an hour or half a day once in a while and for Y-Club, our after school program. Needed improvements include countertop and cupboard replacement, installation of diapering stations, added storage space, sink installations and an under the counter commercial dish machine.

This project from the Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury includes the building of a pergola and the commission of a mural for its shipping container shed to attract people into the space to connect, network, uplift the blighted neighborhood, garden, practice mindfulness and yoga, meditate and enjoy their community in a safe, sheltered space.

Northeast Community Center seeks to add additional square footage to its current pantry space. This will allow clients to safely come into the pantry to physically choose the foods they would like, just like in a grocery store. The "choice model" gives clients control of their food, especially those with dietary restrictions. The increased space will allow more shelving and increase the numbers of foods from which clients can choose.

Outside In works to break the cycles of chronic homelessness, poverty and poor health among Portland’s LGBTQIA+ community, people of color, those experiencing homelessness and the underserved. With this project, Outside In hopes to renovate its Transitional Housing Program (THP) community housing units, including painting, replacing carpet with vinyl flooring, deep cleaning all housing units and hallways, adding new furniture and upgrading appliances.

This Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Company plans to bring a local firehouse into the 21st century via key structural and aesthetic renovations to increase accessibility and energy conservation while transforming an ill-placed kitchen that also serves as the firehouse's public entrance. Needs include ensuring the facility is ADA compliant, eliminating rodent infestation, creating more space, storage and power outlets.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association has a project covering two sites. They would like to build a deck outside the Greenwood Senior Center with tables, chairs, and umbrellas that would also provide a space for meetings, classes and support groups. The Phinney Center itself has no outdoor space, so the project would also transform its lower lot with tables, chairs and umbrellas, as well as create sitting spaces at various points throughout the property.

Pickens Elementary School wants to create an outdoor learning environment and garden to include a covered pavilion for students and teachers. Such a peaceful location will especially help the students PES serves who have emotional or behavioral challenges. The Hope Garden would also offer many hands-on learning opportunities, and the school would like to include a greenhouse.

Parity Baltimore is an equitable development company that acquires and rehabilitates abandoned properties by the block to create affordable home ownership opportunities. Their project entails renovating a vacant building to create permanent affordable housing for existing community members. The property is currently established as a three-unit building.

Project Compassion wants to refurbish its Free Cafe and Laundry facility's deck for access and safety. The accessible ramp leads to the organization's primary entrance. The organization also needs two new washers and dryers to help homeless mothers wash clothing, and they would like to add pantry shelving for families to take nonperishable meals home.

Rebuilding Together of Alexandria/Washington, D.C. seeks to revitalize the Fort Stanton Recreation Center's three outdoor gardening areas. Each area was once well-maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation and community stakeholders who were committed to the idea of sustainability and sufficiency. But COVID-19 sent everyone home, all areas became unused and unmaintained, and funding priorities shifted for the Department.