A community health district seeks assistance in improving its community garden in a food desert, which will help fill a critical need for healthy and quality food access and education that will help residents to take charge of their health by understanding nutritional benefits of informed food choices. The garden will also strengthen community ties.
A center of learning and social services for marginalized youth seeks assistance with its community garden that is in dire need of an upgrade. The cultivated garden is used as an enriching learning oasis to teach students useful skills. It's one of the many wrap-around programs offered by the school that is dedicated to transforming lives and empowering at-risk youth to become accountable, competent, productive and responsible citizens.
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.
NFL running back Najee Harris will return to the homeless shelter he once lived in with his siblings and mother to update and upgrade the facility. The shelter is part of a multi service agency that serves 15,000 homeless, hungry, and low-income individuals annually and works to eradicate homelessness and revitalize the community through case management, enrichment and job training.
An elementary school is seeking help with a revitalization and beautification project—including an inspirational large-scale mural and shade structures for outdoor learning—that will help ensure the school campus is safer, cleaner, and more accessible for its students, the majority of whom live below the poverty line.
An arts center that supports artistic and cultural activities in its community seeks to repair a decaying facade, install safety exterior lighting and paint the exterior and interior of the building. The community suffered a major blow because of the July 2019 Gilroy Garlic shooting and never had the chance to recover before entering into the pandemic. Improving the center will help the community continue to promote and embrace the artwork created by residents.
A clothes closet in a low-income area seeks assistance in repairing and renovating a building that is outdated and inadequate, so it can continue to meet demand and serve clients safely and with dignity.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.
A nature center that provides environmental, indigenous culture and nature education as well as interactive experiences for students of all ages and backgrounds seeks assistance in providing a needed upgrade and facelift to the center so it can continue to serve the community and celebrate the natural and cultural resources in the area.