elm benches

Elm benches for Marquand Park

Let's keep two hand-carved elm benches made by a local artist in a public park to be enjoyed by everyone in Princeton, residents and visitors alike.

NEEDS: $0 of 160

Top Them Off

The purpose of this project is to build a unique and innovative bus shelter that brings attention to the need for this critical transit infrastructure while also adding aesthetic value to community.

NEEDS: $0 of 22,000

Eco Cool Tools

Seeking the TOOLS to build a GREEN SCHOOL

NEEDS: $0 of 4,150
Johnny Cash by Leigh Wiener 1962

Legacy Memphis Johnny Cash Statue Project

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.

NEEDS: $0 of 26,429

Send Paola to Bike!Bike!

We're raising money to send one of our members to Bike!Bike!, an international gathering of community bike shops. We hope to raise enough money to cover the costs of round trip plane tickets to Guadalajara, Mexico.

NEEDS: $0 of 515

Drawbridge Projections: Thoughts on Water

Thoughts on Water seeks to encourage community participation through the poetic expression of water. The project would demonstrate how existing infrastructure can be used as a platform for artistic expression.

NEEDS: $0 of 15,000 + Volunteers

OASIS on Ballou

An urban agriculture project that reclaims vacant land, unites community, provides healthy food, creates jobs, and gives kids a place to play.

NEEDS: $0 of 555 + Volunteers
Metromover Existing Cut Through

Metromover Parkway

The project will formalize a path under the Metromover guideway, and landscape the area to enhance the area and provide a welcoming public space.

NEEDS: $0 of 24,000

GrooveMiami

GrooveMiami is a series of multi-style, group dance classes, condensed into one afternoon or evening.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,957

Freshkills Park Tweeting Bird Boxes

Broadcasting scientific research and the ecological restoration of Freshkills Park by way of bird activity and social media.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,784

Healing Garden in Jackson Memorial Hospital

We want to transform a vacant lot in the Jackson Memorial Hospital campus into a lush healing garden to improve the health and wellbeing of hospital patients and staff and the surrounding community.

NEEDS: $0 of 20,200 + Volunteers

Homestead Air Reserve Park (HARP) Discgolf Course

I would like to install a DiscGolf Course at the Homestead Air Resever Park.  I have an army of volunteers and a network of local government support.  I expect to build a working course by late August 2016.

NEEDS: $0 of 18,000 + Volunteers

Open Streets Knoxville

Participants are clamoring for more Open Streets Knoxville, with a longer route and longer hours! We need your support to make this happen in 2016. 

NEEDS: $0 of 1,761 + Volunteers

Central Ave/Tobey Park Underpass Mural

Aiming to revitalize an neglected part of our community, this mural is to add a little color to the run down underpass on Central Avenue near Tobey Park. 

NEEDS: $0 of 2,195 + Volunteers

Graffiti Garages at Spang Mountain

Showcase graffiti art as a valid art form and rebuild the connection between the building the the neighborhood.

 

 

 

NEEDS: $0 of 477
Capital Metro Mi Jardin transit oriented pedestrian plaza

Mi Jardin Planting and Block Party

Mi Jardin or "my garden"  is a community garden planting event to encourage community gardening and awareness of native and adapted landscapes.  

NEEDS: $0 of 1,655 + Volunteers

LETS GET THE ARTS!

We are raising money so all of our students have access to the arts.

NEEDS: $0 of 13,286
Sonny Bono Park logo

Sonny Bono Park Rehabilitation Project

The Heurich House Museum has adopted Sonny Bono Park and seeks community volunteers and monetary donations to implement a low-maintenance garden plan that will revitalize the space after years of neglect.

NEEDS: $0 of 955 + Volunteers
Cedar Arts Market: Growing Micro-Entrepreneurs

CAM: Growing Micro-Entrepreneurs

Pittsburgh Retail's CAM: Growing Micro-Entrepreneurs will deliver workshops and a published resource guide. Any funds received over our request will be utilized for future partnered events.

NEEDS: $0 of 740
Heathside Cottage

Heathside Cottage Open House: Autumn Harvest

We are transforming one of Pittsburgh's oldest and most peculiar homes into a venue for arts & culture. With live music, high tea, storytelling, and more, it will be the first public event at Heathside Cottage!

NEEDS: $0 of 7,000 + Volunteers
(from kale he grew himself!)

Peterson Garden Project Kids in the Kitchen

Be a part of some healthy fun by supporting young people ages 8 to 14 learning to make their own healthier meals and snacks at the Peterson Garden Project Community Cooking School.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,657 + Volunteers

peace.love.swap & PLAY! Community Center

Providing a safe, fun place for children to play and for parents to get the much needed support they need. We also aim to keep much needed goods from landfills that families need. 

NEEDS: $0 of 4,430 + Volunteers

Peace Room

KEEP CALM AND SPREAD PEACE

NEEDS: $0 of 2,600
Emily and I inspecting our Hatshepsut hive, located at Hartford Food System's Five Corners farm

One-BEEing, Hartford

Using Natural Beekeeping and Community Gardening as a metaphor for Collective Work and Community Building, One-BEEing, Hartford promotes Environmental  Awareness, Food Justice and Sustainability.

NEEDS: $0 of 390

Permaculture Park Project

The Permaculture Park Project in Ithaca, NY demonstrates ecological landscaping practices in a public park. The park is a model for other cities to create beautiful and sustainable parks while addressing hunger.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,095

Urban Community Food Project 2015 Expansion

By transforming unused spaces into sustainable urban farms we combine education with food production in order to feed residents of one of the United State's hungriest communities. We grow food and we grow growers.

NEEDS: $0 of 30 + Volunteers
Art Olympic Festival Site.

Art Olympic Festival

Art Olympic Festival is a free community art festival happening in the East Deutschtown neighborhood of Pittsburgh on August 29th, 2015.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,258

North Side Sound System

North Side Sound System aims to make high quality sound and projection equipment available to community groups, organizations, and residents in Troy Hill and the surrounding North Side, Pittsburgh area.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,000

Re-imagine West Colfax

Promoting economic vitality, transportation options, and great places for people along West Colfax through "pop-up" design.

NEEDS: $0 of 10,084 + Volunteers

Mastering Motherhood Outdoor Workshop

During a one-day workshop minority moms will learn tangible skills needed to run their homes efficiently.  Moms will learn techniques in meal planning, basic home budgeting, DIY cleaning products and meditation.

NEEDS: $0 of 451

Drive Literacy Memphis

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.

NEEDS: $0 of 175

Giant Puppet Dance Club

Giant Puppet Dance Club is a free weekly dance class where participants ages 8 to adult work with a puppetmaker and a choreographer to dance and perform for the community.

 

 

NEEDS: $0 of 868 + Volunteers

Corlears Hook Park Entryway Beautification

Our project aims to beautify the 6 entry points of Corlears Hook Park with new planting beds, thus making them more visually welcoming and appealing entryway into the Park. 

NEEDS: $0 of 4,355 + Volunteers

Reservoir Retreat

I have plans to create a beautiful perennial garden at the former Reservoir site. I want to make changes in the community and pursue others to do the same.

NEEDS: $0 of 130 + Volunteers

Minneapolis Toy Library 2015

Phase 2: Incorporating into a nonprofit to serve the Minneapolis community for the long term!

NEEDS: $0 of 225 + Volunteers

Biggs Hillside Garden

The Biggs Hillside Garden is a project of ReClaim Northside, transforming a vacant lot into a tranquil garden space. Neighbors can stop and sit in the garden or pass by going up and down the Biggs Stairs.

NEEDS: $0 of 220 + Volunteers

Going green on Greene Ave.

This fundraiser would allow us to replace damaged barrels used by neighbors to plant small flower gardens in their front yards and make the block green and beautiful. 

NEEDS: $0 of 540

The Johnny Cash Memphis Legacy

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!

NEEDS: $0 of 10,335

Deutschtown City Steps Mosaic Mural

Our City Steps mural sits at an important intersection for several North Side communities plus North Hills commuters. We hope to improve the appearance of our neighborhood, and instill pride in our residents. 

NEEDS: $0 of 3,420

Civic Art Lab

Civic Art Lab is a community arts and environmental education storefront in Bed-Stuy, BK.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,381 + Volunteers

Hike the Heights

Hike the Heights 2015: Connect the Dots 

NEEDS: $0 of 10,589 + Volunteers

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