LifeMoves is dedicated to finding solutions to homelessness in Silicon Valley. Their project seeks to make critical repairs and upgrades to its kitchen, dining room and outdoor spaces. These three areas are where our clients can build a sense of community and belonging.
The Montclair Ambulance Unit needs to make major renovations to its facility, including floor structure and flooring refurbishments, joist replacement and new flooring, upstairs bathroom improvements for increased use and convenience and painting throughout to preserve and maintain the building's interior.
The Mission of the Midian Leadership Project works to develop community leaders through holistic educational and social support, anchored in sports-related programming, for young people ages 10 to 25. Their project requires significant work on an empty warehouse purchased as a home for Midian last year. The plan includes infrastructure upgrades, renovation and creation of a multipurpose space, conference room, classroom and workout room.
This project entails the total buildout of the Madison Morgan Community Garden's Fifth Street Community Garden, enabling the organization to be fully operational. Activities to complete the garden include installing an irrigation system, adding fencing and gates and building 30-40 raised beds, some of which will be ADA accessible for wheelchairs and walkers.The project would includ purchase soil, gardening tools and hoses for use by the community, developing ground cover and creating work tables and seating.
The Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter seeks exterior improvements to its 20,000 square foot emergency shelter, including providing ADA compliant, accessible entry and landscaping.
My Friend's Place is a shelter helping homeless youth move toward wellness, stability and self-sufficiency. The organization has an aging facility with much needed repairs and upgrades. Priorities include shower improvements and roof repairs to address leaking.
Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA wants to address the childcare desert in the community by renovating its youth center to be used for licensed programs like non-traditional child care, care before 8am and after 5pm to help match the needs of local shift work employees, drop-in care for parents who may only need an hour or half a day once in a while and for Y-Club, our after school program. Needed improvements include countertop and cupboard replacement, installation of diapering stations, added storage space, sink installations and an under the counter commercial dish machine.
This project from the Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury includes the building of a pergola and the commission of a mural for its shipping container shed to attract people into the space to connect, network, uplift the blighted neighborhood, garden, practice mindfulness and yoga, meditate and enjoy their community in a safe, sheltered space.
Northeast Community Center seeks to add additional square footage to its current pantry space. This will allow clients to safely come into the pantry to physically choose the foods they would like, just like in a grocery store. The "choice model" gives clients control of their food, especially those with dietary restrictions. The increased space will allow more shelving and increase the numbers of foods from which clients can choose.
Outside In works to break the cycles of chronic homelessness, poverty and poor health among Portland’s LGBTQIA+ community, people of color, those experiencing homelessness and the underserved. With this project, Outside In hopes to renovate its Transitional Housing Program (THP) community housing units, including painting, replacing carpet with vinyl flooring, deep cleaning all housing units and hallways, adding new furniture and upgrading appliances.