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.
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A clothes closet in a low-income area seeks assistance in repairing and renovating a building that is outdated and inadequate, so it can continue to meet demand and serve clients safely and with dignity.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.
QSAC (Quality Services for the Autism Community) is a New York City and Long Island-based non-profit charter school that supports children and adults with autism, together with their families, in achieving greater independence, realizing their future potential, and contributing to their communities.
Sunburst is a tight-knit, small community that seeks a gathering place for its community members to host events large and small. With many residents offering their time and skills to the project, this space will create a deeper sense of community among the residents of Sunburst. It will also eliminate the liability of residents using their own personal spaces for community gatherings.
The mission of Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Memphis Inc. (ADS) is to help persons with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders live their lives with dignity and respect while providing relief to their caregivers and support for their families. This beautification project will allow the organization to increase capacity to serve move individuals while contributing to neighborhood revitalization efforts in the Hickory Hill neighborhood.
The Ted Phea Boys & Girls Club in East Lubbock seeks to renovate its oldest facility. The club gives children a safe and positive place to go every day after school and all summer long, and remodeling the library to add computers will help children ages 6-12 participate in the Stride Reading program, which will keep them reading on grade level or help them get caught up.
Anchor Ridge has been serving the North Wilkesboro and greater Wilkes County area since 2012, and its mission is to fight poverty by providing hungry families with food, basic hygiene items, household goods, and home repair supplies. Located in one of the original Lowe's distribution centers, Anchor Ridge serves thousands of people on a monthly basis throughout the Appalachian Mountain region. Anchor Ridge's Kid's Club program, serving hundreds of local Wilkes County kids on a monthly basis also operates from this facility.