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COVID 19: Caring for your community
Our ioby community is full of helpers. Neighborhood leaders, unofficial mayors of the block, people like you who have always stepped up to do what’s right and to lend a hand. We know that many of you are now trying to figure out how to step up to support your neighbors. We’re here to help. There are two things you can do on ioby right now to support your community: You can start a project on ioby, or check out a list of resources in Memphis we've compiled to help you plan a project.
Exciting Upcoming Webinars from ioby!
Community Care During COVID Webinar
Thu, Aug 20, 2020 from 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Join ioby's City Action Strategists as they chat with community leaders in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, and Pittsburgh who have stepped up to support their neighbors and become helpers during these challenging times. Plus, we'll share how ioby's tools and resources can be used to raise flexible and quickly-accessible funds for your own community project.
Featuring Community Project Leaders:
Jordan Robarge from Revival Chili in Pittsburgh
Reyes from We Are Culture Creators in Detroit
Mike Gutierrez from Front Yard Concerts in Cleveland
Ioanna Paraskevopoulos from Action Tank in Cincinnati
Ali Jaffery from the Memphis Education Fund
Also featuring ioby's City Action Strategists:
Miriam Parson, Pittsburgh Action Strategist
Chris Jones, Memphis Action Strategist
Dawn Arrington, Cleveland Action Strategist
Brooke Harris, Detroit Action Strategist
Leslie Rich, Cincinnati Action Strategist
Memphis Medical District Collaborative Match Webinar
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
The Memphis Medical District Collaborative has partnered with ioby to support neighborhood leaders in the District. If you have an idea for a project in the Memphis Medical District, you may be eligible to receive matching funds up to $2,500. Join us for this webinar and learn more about this exciting opportunity. You will hear from Zaria Jones about the work that the Memphis Medical District Collaborative Has been doing. You’ll also hear from Mary Baker of Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. and ioby Leader, Vivian Bowen on how Vivian has already used these match funds to make positive change in the District.
If you already have an idea for a project in the Memphis Medical District, please tell us about it here. We will have a look at it and then reach out to you to discuss next steps.
Cash Assistance Webinar Featuring ioby Leader, Lauren Giovanetti
Wed, Sep 9, 2020 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
COVID-19 has affected almost every aspect of our lives. “Social Distancing” practices and “Shelter-in-Place” orders, while needed, have made it harder for small local businesses to stay afloat. Join us for this webinar where iL Leader, Lauren Giovanetti will share how she led an ioby project to provide direct cash assistance to small local businesses in her neighborhood.
About ioby Memphis
We love Memphis. We love the Grizzlies and our rock ‘n’ roll, but most of all we love Memphians. Since we began our on-the-ground work, ioby Memphis has supported more than 300 resident leaders as they plan, crowdfund, and build positive change in neighborhoods across the city. With a median donation of $35, ioby leaders have raised over $906,000 in small donations to make Memphis neighborhoods greener, safer, more livable, and more full of opportunity for all residents.
Meet Chris Jones, Memphis Action Strategist!
As an ioby Memphis Action Strategist, Chris is working to help even more leaders like you in Memphis make positive change across the city. When you share your idea for positive change in your Memphis neighborhood, Chris will walk alongside you from building your crowdfunding campaign page, to making your first donation asks, to building your project.
A Memphis resident of over 20 years, Chris lives in Harbor Town. He’s thrilled to build on his years of experience as an employment attorney and leader in grassroots initiatives around education, art, and progressive politics.
Get to know more about Chris’ love for Memphis, including his passion for guitar, Memphis food, and the Grizzlies (of course!). Learn more about our City Action Strategists and how we work on-the-ground to support resident-led change.
Get your donations matched!
Medical District Collaborative Matching Fund
Live, work, or play in the Memphis Medical District? Have a great idea to make the neighborhood just a little more vibrant and awesome? You could get your donations doubled, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,500 with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative Match Fund!
National COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Match Fund
Have an idea to respond to COVID-19 and its impacts in your community? We're here to help. When you crowdfund with ioby for a COVID-19 related project, we'll double what you fundraise dollar-for-dollar up to $8,000. Plus, we'll waive our $35 platform fee and our 5% fiscal sponsorship fee. Ready to get started?
Donate to a project in your Memphis neighborhood
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Closing the Digital Divide in 38126
The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has shown tremendous disparities in our communities when it comes to income, education, and access to technology. Memphis is no exception in the digital divide.
NEEDS: $3,969 of 5,155 -
VAB Banquet Hall Mural
We want to add a mural to VAB Banquet Hall in the Carnes School Neighborhood.
NEEDS: $0 of 1,582 -
High Point Terrace Shops Boost
Let's show a little support for the best little shopping center in Memphis.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,147 -
Feed the Need
Community Table Memphis manages local, organic food bank gardens. Due to the Pandemic & the increasing need for food assistance, we're increasing our growing capacity to serve more people.
NEEDS: $0 of 2,971 -
Help the Hub Provide Hotel Vouchers
The Hospitality Hub provides shelter in place options for people without homes during Tennessee's 'Safer at Home' order.
NEEDS: $0 of 11,930 -
Juneteenth Jubilee
This will a 3-day festival in Douglass Park to celebrate the end of slavery in The United States.
NEEDS: $7,477 of 7,484 -
Normal Station Pocket Park
Reclaiming part of a neglected cemetery as meditation and gathering space
NEEDS: $0 of 3,589 -
Community Table Garden Mini Orchard!
We want to add fruit trees and berry bushes to the Community Table Food Bank Garden.... but we need your help!
NEEDS: $0 of 1,770 -
Sea Isle Dog Park Water Fountain
Dogs play hard! It's hot and dogs are thirsty. Let's give them their own water fountain. The city and county will match every donation dollar for dollar.
NEEDS: $0 of 10,335 -
Mimosa Pocket Park Pilot
Turn a piece of pavement into a neighborhood asset while making the street safer.
NEEDS: $0 of 8,799 -
Memphis Tree Farm & Garden
Revitalizing our neigborhood, block by block
NEEDS: $10,045 of 10,345 + Volunteers -
Treadwell Nature Playground
Will you join us to create a safe and engaging way for our kids to explore nature and have fun? We need your help!
NEEDS: $0 of 20,635 + Volunteers
Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country
Upcoming Public Office Hours with Chris:
We're not hosting any events or office hours in Memphis right now, but all our staff are working from home and are ready to help you plan your project remotely. Want to chat with team ioby about a great idea you have to care for your community? Share your idea with us, and we'll reach out to give you tips, tricks, and resources so you can crowdfund to get good done in your neighborhood.
Start a project in Memphis
Ready to make positive change in your Memphis neighborhood? Share your idea with Memphis Action Strategists Chris Jones and he'll contact you right away to share tailored fundraising resources to support your crowdfunding campaign:
"This ioby project was a good case study identifying and addressing problems as a group. I learned that if you have a good idea and share it with other people, they will support you. And if you give them the opportunity, they will help. Memphis is one of the most unusual places I've lived, in that there's an expectation that people will take care of what's around them."
- Robyn Mace, ioby leader, Evergreen Rain Garden
Press
Commercial Appeal: Tiny crowdfunded projects make big impact
NextCity: Crowdfunded Parks Are Coming and That Isn’t a Bad Thing
Partners
ioby Memphis is made possible thanks to generous support from the Hyde Family Foundation, the Assisi Foundation of Memphis, and the Kresge Foundation.
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