The Compost Fairy

We are looking to buy a utility trailer for compost pick up, to expand with collecting leafs and yard waste.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,266 + Volunteers
Memphis GAA Logo

Memphis Gaelic Athletic Association

The Memphis Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is planning to start a league for anyone in the MidSouth area interested in learning and playing Gaelic football and hurling/camogie.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,000

The Neighborhood History Project

The Neighborhood History Project provides youth from South Memphis and Highland Heights the opportunity to spend their summer learning about and documenting thier neighborhoods' rich histories. 

NEEDS: $0 of 3,605

Clean, Cultivated Corner in 38126

By cultivating land and relationships, Advance Memphis and the Memphis Center for Food and Faith are transforming a corner in 38126 from a dangerous one to a beautiful one. Trashcans are the next step!

NEEDS: $0 of 2,198
2015 Spring Break Project Team

Community Bored Up

Students from Douglass High, Second Baptist, and Streets Ministires will team up with Heights Community Development to address blight by boarding-up vacant homes and painting positive messages on the boards.

NEEDS: $0 of 4,015

Urban Community Partnerships Memphis to Sierra Leone

Our vision is to develop opportunites and raise awareness of the challenges in urban communities. We will be providing tools and educational materials to apprentices and schools in Sierra Leone. 

NEEDS: $2,600 of 3,000
VECA Thanks You!

The Green Triangles Project

The Green Triangles Project will "green" and beautify two traffic islands at University and Jackson streets in the Vollintine Evergreen neighborhood.  

NEEDS: $0 of 6,215 + Volunteers

Holy Names Angel Garden

To teach the children and their families in underserved communities the art of gardening as a way of promoting a healthier lifestyle.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,065 + Volunteers

Bicycle Trail Bollards at Agricenter International

Help us take steps to connect the Greenline to the Farmers Market at Agricenter International by raising funds to remove a gate and installed bollards so bicyclists can have an accessible path.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,640

Cooper Young Gateway Gardens

The CY Garden Club plans to create small garden pocket parks.  These would be large planter boxes filled with a variety of hardy shrubs and flowers to enhance corners on Southern, Cooper, Young, and East Parkway.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,640 + Volunteers
Sunset at the Garden

GARDEN TLC!

The Community Table Garden is in need of TLC repairs in our 3rd year of operation! We hope to amend our garden bed soil, improve our irrigation system, and build a shade stucture for our volunteers and visitors!

NEEDS: $0 of 2,610

UD Safe&Sound

Critical home repair program for low-income homeowners

NEEDS: $0 of 1,410

Growing Springdale

The purpose of the greenhouse would be to set up a base for horticulture in the community and to instruct the community at large about plant propagation and growing food. 

NEEDS: $0 of 504
Grizzlies helping paint Brandon Marshall's mural!

Green Leaf Mural Project

Local artist Brandon Marshall will paint a mural on the side of a storage container that is being added to the expansion of the farm. 

NEEDS: $0 of 1,500

Transforming communities through international education!

OSI is an international education provider in the Tri-State region. A 501c3 non-profit organization that offers study abroad programs for youth who attend high schools in historically underserved neighborhoods. 

NEEDS: $0 of 341
Roundhouse Revival 2 - Open Up the Door!

Roundhouse Revival 2

Round 2 will be a free and open previtalizing event on the grounds and in the shade and shadow of the Mid-South Coliseum from 1-7 p.m. October 4, 2015.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,265

WSHS Locker Room

The project includes filth and locker removal, plumbing repair, AC and pest-control. In addition, floors, fresh paint, new lockers, and secure doors.

NEEDS: $0 of 11,295
Pictures of James after several volunteer events this year

We want to buy James a lawnmower

Help us buy James a lawnmower so he can keep Carnes Garden beautiful.  He  lives next door to Carnes Garden and has become the garden caretaker.  James has helped us every step of the way. 

NEEDS: $0 of 559 + Volunteers
Burke's tricycle

Burke's Wants a Bike

2015 is Burke's Book Store's 140th Anniversary year and we want to help build out local green infrastructure so that our neighborhood will continue strong for another 140 years!

NEEDS: $0 of 4,155

Paint Memphis

Paint Memphis will establish Memphis' largest collaborative mural, and with the Chelsea greenline, wlil help revive the New Chicago/North Midtown neighborhood, making it a safe place to work and live.

 

NEEDS: $0 of 2,450 + Volunteers

New Backboards at Pierotti Park

Replace broken backbaords at Pierotti Park so they are as nice as the new court designed by Anthony Lee.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,331

Richards House-Estival Park Revival

We will clear the lot of debris, remove overgrowth, and redesign the landscape to be environmentally friendly and a beautiful living and gathering space. 

NEEDS: $0 of 574 + Volunteers

I LOVE Soulsville Rock/Art Garden

A landscape beautification project that will help enhance the newly installed "I Love Soulsville" mural. 

NEEDS: $0 of 1,065 + Volunteers

Project Helping Hands

Our goal is to raise money to purchase and install bleachers for the family and friends of our team. Ours were stolen and that has led to a decline in attendance of family and friends.  

 

 

NEEDS: $0 of 5,494

Barksdale-Auburndale Mobile Bocce Club

We're going to create a mobile bocce court that can be setup quickly then broken down for transportability. Then we'll set up down the block for refreshments and a nice game of lawn bowling!

NEEDS: $0 of 618 + Volunteers

Madison Beautiful

MABA would like to purchase and adopt two attractive and unique trash receptacles to be placed along our street in strategic places to reduce the amount of litter. 

NEEDS: $0 of 2,301

The McLemore Rembert Block Club

The McLemore Rembert Block Club will be organized to promote unity among neighbors, improve the quality of life in the neighborhood, foster revitalization and improve the community’s economic viability.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,683

Altown DIY Skatepark  

Altown DIY Skatepark Build... Turning an empty lot into an awesome community space.

 

NEEDS: $0 of 3,125 + Volunteers

Girls Inc. Youth Farm

With the launch of the Girls Inc. Youth Farm, Girls Inc. of Memphis is launching a new program to teach high school girls the skills necessary to start and run their own businesses.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,601 + Volunteers

Alabama Street Tapestry Project

The iron fence that runs along the south side of Alabama will be woven with bright fabrics to turn the fence into a tapestry. The tapestry sections of fence will be interspersed with sections of sunflowers. 

NEEDS: $0 of 2,680 + Volunteers

Freshest Market on the Block

Redesign and reinvent the site of the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market where everybody knows your name.

 

NEEDS: $0 of 5,185 + Volunteers

RZOM Wall Mural

Students of RedZone Ministries in Orange Mound will collaborate with Erin Williams to create a mural on the side of their building, showcasing the dreams and aspirations they have for themselves and the city of Memphis.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,095

Sister Supply

Essentials. Period.

NEEDS: $0 of 5,185 + Volunteers

Cargo Memphis Bike Sharing

Ride a cargo bike with your children or dog in front of the bike instead of those traditional bike trailers

NEEDS: $0 of 1,655 + Volunteers

MMS Boardwalk FULL-BUILD & MATERIALS

The design is done! Help us purchase construction materials and permits for the MMS Wolf River Harbor Boardwalk.

NEEDS: $0 of 5,700 + Volunteers

Beekeeping made easy: A revolution in beekeeping!

We will model a revolution in beehives, beekeeping and the production of honey that will encourage other beekeepers to expand their hives and potential beekeepers to enter the field of beekeeping.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,580

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