An organization that provides accessible, high quality mental health services to children and their families seeks to repair damages to its building sustained during a winter storm as well as add additional therapy space to provide care for more clients and reconfigure bathrooms to accommodate gender non-conforming clients. The improvements will provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space from which they can continue to provide a continuum of care.
A clothes closet in a low-income area seeks assistance in repairing and renovating a building that is outdated and inadequate, so it can continue to meet demand and serve clients safely and with dignity.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.
As part of a broad-scale revitalization effort for the historic city of Pittston, including a goal to have more public art per square mile than any city in the country, city officials seek to complete an art academy, which will provide affordable work studios for artists as well as several classrooms for art instruction. The project will allow for long-term sustainable physical space and community programming opportunities for both accomplished and fledgling artists, and encourage inclusive, diverse community engagement.
A job acceleration program that provides on-the-job training for adults with intellectual disabilities is seeking assistance in completing construction on its operational hub where they offer training in 30 different job skills—from restaurants to animal care and help patrons find meaningful employment.
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.
NFL star Travis Kelce's foundation, Eighty-Seven & Running, is supporting Operation Breakthrough and the completion of its new learning space, Ignition Lab. More than 700 urban Kansas City children from infants to teenagers come to Operation Breakthrough each weekday for nutritious food, lively learning, health and dental care, therapy and TLC, while their parents work or attend school.