The Fairfield Police Activities League wants to complete the relocation of a community center. The PAL Teen Center will be moving to the organization's new location thanks to support from the City of Fairfield, who will be covering the mortgage.
The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas want to update and upgrade their current outdoor space into a safe place for girls to participate in Girl Scout programming, be together and have fun. Investments would include new fencing and outdoor equipment (e.g., grills, picnic tables), updating the stage, painting the exterior and creating a garden that will provide girls with hands-on experience.
Housing Plus Solutions seeks to create an ADA-compliant community space. The project would include replacing an outdoor stairway with a handicap-accessible ramp, replacing windows, enhancing the landscape, adding plants to obscure a damaged metal fence bordering the property, providing shade, building a community garden and creating bicycle and scooter parking.
McKenzie's Hope is a Child Advocacy, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center. This project would expand into the building next door to double its capacity and allow the center to better support the children, adults and families it serves. The expansion would create a room large enough to fit the number of team members who need to be present during interviews, and it would add onsite storage.
The Humane Society of West Michigan would like to improve access to its HELP program for low/no income pet owners who cannot afford emergent care for their animals, and speed recovery and adoption for sick animals surrendered each year. The project entails remodeling a room where animals can stay, providing better care for those animals in more appropriately sized housing. A remodeled space would allow staff to clean and work in the area more efficiently, and reduced traffic for sick animals will shorten recovery times.
The Jake Koenigsdorf Foundation reduces the barriers to recovery by providing support, education and recovery resources for people affected by substance use disorder who are willing to build a long-term solution. The Foundation has completed extensive remodeling of a 1900 victorian but has several remaining critical safety needs including adding a new back deck and an external emergency exit staircase.
Kid City is looking to create a community space would nearly double Kid City’s usable program space for 8-10 months of the year. High school students will have safe, shady outdoor areas where they can gather to connect to peers and mentors. A beautiful, cool, outdoor space will support mentor-scholar meetings, staff-student consultations, parent or student events, friendly hang-outs, study groups, small fundraisers and other community events.
Junior League of the Shoals seeks to create an outdoor learning center in this space. The project requires landscape and item removal before new landscaping and ground cover can be installed. The project plan includes planting Emerald Arborivate, or a hedge type plant, around the perimeter of the area to provide a sound barrier from the traffic and installing astro turf surfacing. The completed center would include playground equipment, as well.
The mission of Jubilee REACH is to bring healing, build community and transform the lives of the students and families in Bellevue. Its four pillars are: the public schools, the organization's community center, its thrift store and community-building events. This project will address safety issues with its existing playground and provide enhancements.
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services would like to complete its Mala O Kaluaopalena Community Garden project to create an outdoor classroom space, outhouse, and 10 raised garden beds to support hands-on garden activities, cultural programming and health education for Pacific Islander youth, families and patients.