A community center that provides a broad range of vital services including a food pantry, baby pantry, women’s pantry, senior’s pantry, a special needs program for autistic children and a monthly community health and wellness fair with free medical services has seen a surge of residents needing support. The center wishes to repair and renovate its aging, damaged space so it can increase the number of people it’s able to serve.
A lodge that offers cancer patients and their caregivers a free place to stay when their best hope for treatment requires traveling to the area seeks assistance in expanding and renovating its space, so that it can continue to offer its valuable services, providing a home away from home to the patients and families when they need it the most.
A community center wishes to finalize renovations of its building which was damaged during floods so that it can engage community members with programming and events and be a central piece in building a stronger community. The improvements to the building will ensure equitable access to community groups for many different types of events, and a permanent location for a much-needed senior center.
A region’s only Latino and immigrant community center seeks assistance in the completion of a renovation of a new space that will, once its doors open, double the number of children it can serve in bilingual education, art and literacy programming, while also improving access to adult language and citizenship learning programming.
An AMVETS post in which a former Lowe’s pro is involved, seeks to maintain a historically significant community hall damaged by a hurricane to preserve it for future generations. The repairs and renovations are necessary to make the building usable again as a gathering and events space for individuals and community organizations.
A charitable organization that offers people with Parkinson’s Disease exercise programs that keep them in shape and help slow the disease’s progression was forced to close during the pandemic. Open again in a new gym space, the organization is seeking assistance to add an outdoor, workout-friendly patio area, so it can continue to provide its programs to those in the community who are dealing with Parkinson’s.
A nonprofit veterans center that has been heavily damaged by flooding seeks assistance in completing restorations to the center so it can continue to provide vital outreach, PTSD awareness training and coping programs, and assistance with navigating VA programs - all aimed to help veterans reintegrate into the community and thrive. The building also serves as an important meeting spot for area veterans.
A learning center in a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse area that has been serving the community for more than two decades wishes to continue to do so, but it needs critical repairs, improvements and beautifications to its main facility. Weather damage and time have taken a toll on the building. With the improvements, the center will be able to continue to serve low-to-moderate income families and a large BIPOC population providing before- and after-school and summer programming, supplemental youth services, and adult education courses.
A Boys & Girls Club clubhouse nestled in a low-income neighborhood seeks to renovate and update an older clubhouse which is worn from daily use so it can continue to operate as a safe place for children to meet and socially interact while promoting unity among neighborhood residents.
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.