A town seeks to reimagine a neglected breezeway and create an outdoor shaded dining area for people to space out and enjoy each other’s company along with meals from local restaurants. The spruced-up space will also serve as an outdoor venue for area organizations and groups to gather for meetings and events.
A housing facility for female veterans that provides transitional housing, career training, mental health counseling, life skills classes and education programs that put homeless service women back on the path to independence and self-sufficiency seeks assistance in completing construction that will allow the organization to open its doors. Once it does, the facility will be able to provide temporary housing for up to 14 homeless female veterans at a time.
A nonprofit organization aimed at providing minority youth leadership development, mentoring, and academic support through mental health initiatives and youth entrepreneurship training seeks to renovate a house to serve as its headquarters. The house will create a hub for the organization to have a needed safe space for program participants to meet for planned and structured activities, community service initiatives and other endeavors. Members of the youth organization plan to pitch in to do the renovation work.
A community ministry that helps the homeless by providing them tools and resources to stabilize, gain employment and secure and sustain affordable housing seeks assistance in renovating its on-site dining space where meals are served to those in need five days a week. The new space will accommodate 200 hungry men, women, and children each day with a warm meal, safety, and respite from the trauma of life on the street.
A Boys & Girls Club is running out of space for its programming and service in light of COVID restrictions. As such, the busy club seeks assistance in creating outdoor classrooms that will provide more space for children and teachers to spread out, increasing capacity and providing a fresh-air area for them to learn and work. The creative solution will ensure the club can continue to provide critical programming to the maximum number of children, so no one is turned away.