A town hit with a devastating and deadly tornado that leveled neighborhoods seeks to build a memorial playground at the site of touchdown in place of the homes destroyed. The children’s playground will honor the five children and 14 adults whose lives were lost and restore hope to a community that has been forever affected.

A private nonprofit that provides educational, recreational, and social service opportunities to neighborhood residents seeks assistance in developing a village of tiny, energy-efficient homes to house those in need, with a specific focus on establishing a tool lending library stocked with tools and resources for members of the neighborhood to use to maintain or improve their homes, gardens or yards. Area Lowe’s stores helped kick start the program by building the first two homes in the village.

A park that was destroyed in a 2016 tornado seeks assistance in repairing the area — including the baseball field, basketball court and concession stand. The renovated facility will provide much-needed recreational space and opportunities for local youths and citizens of all ages and beautify the destroyed area.

A shelter for women and children that provides housing, education, employment, health care access and more seeks assistance in fixing a portion of the shelter that has structural problems so that it can continue to serve those in need in an area where there is a dense homeless population.

A historic town hall that houses a senior citizen center seeks to adapt its space to provide a better, safer, and more flexible and spacious area for seniors to socialize, dine and exercise. The space will also help the hall better serve the community with an improved space to host events.

A riverfront amphitheater that is the focal point and meeting place for gatherings, events, ceremonies, and festivals, as well as a source of pride for a close-knit community, wishes to renovate and upgrade the amphitheater with improved covering, light and sound to create a space to support large community gatherings and events. The only facility of its kind in the county, the amphitheater is used by a diverse group of organizers year-round.

An organization is working to complete a space for those in recovery from substance abuse and addiction that will serve as a drop-in center and group meeting place — something the community is currently lacking. The organization was gifted a house intended for this purpose, and it seeks assistance in finishing renovations to it, so it can open its doors to those in need.

A youth center in a town that has lost 30 children to gun violence and other trauma wishes to renovate its space so it can support teens and families with limited resources who are struggling to find extracurricular activities to keep them safe and off the streets. With a goal to bring positivity back to the community, the renovations will ensure the space is inviting and helping teens create a better lifestyle for their future.

An organization that provides aid to the homeless seeks assistance in revitalizing, improving, and making critical repairs to its network of facilities so it can accommodate those in need and provide essential services for a vulnerable population in fully functioning buildings.

A low-income housing organization seeks to build a tiny home village that could temporarily house up to 50 residents at a time, helping get homeless people off the ground by providing them with a transitional space that is warm, safe, dry and healthy.