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.
The city of Brownsville seeks to renovate a historic bank building and transform it into a new City Hall that will become a community hub that is vibrant, open, and create a sense of pride in the community. The new City Hall, located in the city’s downtown, would serve as a hub for several uses, from housing shared community resources to creating more space for public meetings and gatherings, and ultimately further the development of the city.
An International Rescue Committee chapter that provides immigration program services that aim to meet the needs of newly arrived refugees and new Americans wishes to improve and increase its services. To do so, the organization hopes to make use of an underused outdoor area, transforming it into a multi-use classroom, effectively doubling client-meeting capacity so it can serve more people than ever before.
An organization of African American women that has always sought to bring women together to serve the underserved, strengthen the community and provide avenues for volunteerism, civic activism, education, and cultural enlightenment seeks to bring its building up to code and in step with area development.
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.
A community center that provides resources and opportunities for local children seeks assistance in making much-needed improvements to its art room, a staple of the center that provides out-of-school enrichment programs that help children succeed academically, make them more likely to develop healthy lifestyle habits and less likely to engage in risky behavior.