Through a generous 1:2 match by the Turley Family Foundation, Leadership Memphis plans to raise $77,285 and take 750+ Shelby County high school students on college and career tours.
McMerton Gardens hopes to partner with two neighborhood schools, De La Salle Elementary and Brewster Elementary, to install monarch butterfly waystation gardens throughout the neighborhood.
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.
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.
Uniting to build a connection to the Shelby Farms Greenline that's safe and accessible for all.
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.
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.
To celebrate, enhance, and educate our neighborhoods about Memphis heroes. We will involve artists, landscapers, and architects to create sculpture gardens based on Memphis music history.
The project includes filth and locker removal, plumbing repair, AC and pest-control. In addition, floors, fresh paint, new lockers, and secure doors.
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!
Drive Literacy Memphis would like to gradually close the literacy gap by providing young children with books and study materials, such as flash cards and study books.
Replace broken backbaords at Pierotti Park so they are as nice as the new court designed by Anthony Lee.
Phase One: Money raised will go toward funding the sculptor to begin work and will be matched by a local donor, so whatever you donate now will have twice the impact toward the project!
This project replaces broken and missing wrought iron signs and compliments with additional pole signs to create neighborhood identity and enhance community safety.
GMPA MayFest: Family and Friends, building a community one person at a time.
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.
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.
Mosaic Art Stairs - Lester Community Center
In celebration of 150 years of working in our community, First Baptist Church, Lauderdale, will install a commemorative neighborhood mural that will teach about the rich history of our south Memphis neighborhood.
Simple, geometric portraits of my neighbors in bold color and shapes.
A neighborhood cookout for residents to meet, eat, and dance to some beats.
I have recruited a few neighbors to help with the campaign and to help me assemble and plant the library.
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.
Signage is critical to explain how the new trail is coming to life in north Memphis. Signage to highlight this rails-to-trails project will help explain the new park space to residents and visitors.
Please donate to Snowden School's playground and greenspace renovation project!
Let's help Memphis be recognized as a top BMX track location in the nation!
Ridgecrest Little Free Library: An Approach to Encourage Academic and Social Development
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.
Our group is creating a memorial mural for Memphis musician Chris Bell, known for his work with Big Star and his solo recordings.
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.
We will be playing host to some of the best Breakdancers(Bboys) in the country for a night of Dance at the Brooks Museum. Earlier in the day we will be providing free instruction for anyone interested in learning.
GrowMemphis is seeking funds to support a Food Policy Coordinator for the Food Advisory Council for Memphis and Shelby County. This position is an AmeriCorps VISTA and is part of other matched funding
This campaign will install seating at 24 bus stops in Memphis, in a partnership with Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Vollintine Evergreen get a new playground at the Living Hope Church and VENSchool.
Let's Innovate through Education empowers students of all backgrounds to launch social ideas to improve Memphis through a rigorous entrepreneurship curriculum, seed investment, and mentor matching.
Fun sports build friendships, character, and exercise!
We will make the Old Forest trails easier to navigate by replacing outdated trail markers and adding mile markers to the limestone running trail.
My program aims to help solve some of these problems but also to just raise awareness of the need to have a clearly marked home address.
1. Teaching gardening and a healthy lifestyle 2. Leading students to take action, creating gardens at their own homes 3. Creating an avenue for students to take pride in their own space
Improve recreational greenspace on Snowden's campus!
We want to highlight our "green" school with new solar lighting! Solar lights are a natural fit with our school's STEAM curriculum.
We are building a garden from the ground up with a focus on edible indigenous species.
ACT UP is a free weekend-long ACT preparatory workshop open to 60 Shelby County high school students who couldn't otherwise afford ACT tutoring.
Help Leadership Memphis take 400 Shelby County School students on local and regional college and career tours to help launch their post-secondary plan(s).
Students will learn how to prepare healthy snacks and meals using organic fruits and vegetables grown in the school garden.
We are working to create sunflower gardens in Orange Mound to beautify the community, remove toxins from the soil so we can plant food gardens in the future, and raise awareness about lead poisoning.
Children will learn to develop a story, from an idea on paper to moving images on the big screen.
