Volunteers at Calvary's "Basement Church"

Help Our Neighbors

Calvary believes in making God's love visible in downtown Memphis, so join us to fund emergency help for our neighbors this summer. And right now your donations are doubled! 

NEEDS: $0 of 4,061 + Volunteers

South Memphis ACT Test Prep

Let's get "Back to the Basics" and prepare for the ACT. Many colleges are lifting "testing optional" admissions starting this fall. We want to help students be ready to score  BIG!!

NEEDS: $0 of 2,494 + Volunteers

WiseTies CoGardens

A community initiative of WIND Memphis, WiseTies CoGardens "wisely ties our neighbors resources and manifest sustainable community of gardens"

NEEDS: $3,600 of 3,600 + Volunteers

Community Brunch

A place where no strangers exist!

NEEDS: $0 of 1,780 + Volunteers

"Celebrate Griggs" Garden Party

Help Us Celebrate the History and Contributions of the Griggs Business and Practical Arts College.

 

 

NEEDS: $0 of 551 + Volunteers

Grahamwood Artistic School Zones and Safety Plan

Grahamwood Elementary wishes to make it safer for children to get to school. They will make the school zone visible by painting it, making artistic crosswalks, and installing flashing school zone lights.

NEEDS: $0 of 15,500 + Volunteers
Garden Example, Tobacco Brown

South Memphis Future & Funk Community Garden

An Afrofuturistic-themed community garden and celebration that reimagines equitable housing and the importance of community and home in the Lauderdale Subdivision of South Memphis.

NEEDS: $0 of 7,720 + Volunteers
Site Plan

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

Carnes Butterfly Garden Fence

We want to build a low garden fence to transition the railroad corridor located on Decatur Street into our Carnes Butterfly Garden.

NEEDS: $0 of 348 + Volunteers
Cones make or break every 5K!

Round The Mound 5K: CONE on and give

Each year we will present an item for our supporters to help us secure in preparation for our annual "Round The Mound 5K."  Support our non-profit by giving the cost of one CONE today!  #oneconeatatime

NEEDS: $0 of 60 + Volunteers
Time has taken it toll on the doors.

Poverty to Prosperity

Let’s save the front door that can lead from poverty to prosperity!

NEEDS: $0 of 2,330 + Volunteers
Summer practice

Get Them Rides

This campaign will provide a transportation budget for children in Orange Mound to participate in sports around the city (WE NEED A VAN!).  

NEEDS: $0 of 762 + Volunteers

#Takeemdown901

#Takeemdown901 aims to remove glorified confederate memorials from the public spaces of Memphis, TN prior to the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's murder so that everyone is welcome in our community.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,610 + Volunteers
Here is a very abundant crop of red and golden amaranth, this ancient grain was grown specifically for the chickens! These flowers yield up to 1 lb of seeds that can be used for human or animal consumption, amaranth is considered a superfood!

Self sustainable in Memphis

Our most valuable resources are food, water, land and clean air. We cannot be free and independent until we own these things. We must unify,organize,occupy and engage.

NEEDS: $0 of 175 + Volunteers
Heights Line concept

Heights Line

The Heights Line project will be a prototype for a bicycle and pedestrian promenade on historic National Street.

NEEDS: $0 of 10,335 + Volunteers

C-3 Cooperative Gardens

Fighting food insecurity, blight, and gentrification by empowering self-sufficient growers.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,400 + Volunteers

Bellevue Middle Garden

Garden and picnic tables for the Bellevue middle school campus.

NEEDS: $0 of 3,061 + Volunteers

TRIKES TO BIKES

Once the project is funded; we will purchase bicycles; recruit riders to begin training.  Teach how to buy a bike and fit a helmet. We will promote access to healthy activities and bike safety.

NEEDS: $0 of 150 + Volunteers

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
Enter in your best chili for UCAN Chili Cook-Off

UCAN Chili Cook-Off

The Chili Cook-Off is open to the public to come by to support, be entertained, be a judge, eat unlimited about of chili & drink beer. The outcome is to raise money for our bullying project.

NEEDS: $0 of 413 + Volunteers

Urban Orchard

The Urban Orchard is intended to provide a place of beauty while also providing accessible organic fruit for the residents in a low-income blighted neighborhood in the Klondike area of Memphis.

NEEDS: $0 of 462 + Volunteers
Proposed Design for Jackson Ave., Garland St. Mural

Leaps and Bounds V&E Mural

A mural proposed by artist Khara Woods and VECA at the corner of Jackson Ave. & Garland St.

NEEDS: $0 of 750 + Volunteers
Gooch Park

HUG Bike Safety Rodeo

We need your support to teach bike safety skills to youth in our community.

NEEDS: $0 of 580 + Volunteers
memphis community  water slide

Community water slide

We would like for this water slide to foster community events where children could enjoy themselves in the summer or good weather months. 

NEEDS: $0 of 30 + Volunteers

Evergreen Rain Garden 2.0

Neighborhood gardeners will till, amend and plant native species butterfly and bee attractors to continue to expand initial and now well-established Evergreen Rain Garden beds.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,168 + Volunteers

Music In The Park Memphis

With Music In The Park Memphis we can bridge the gap of classism in our city. By having this gem we open the door for endless opportunities to build strong community leaders and well rounded youth. Music is the key.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,440 + Volunteers

Revitalizing Our Community/XPCTMOR

It's time to take back our community. Our goal is to rebuild our streets and turn them back into the beautiful places they once were.

NEEDS: $0 of 460 + Volunteers

Hoops in the Heights

Our community desires to have a shared green space that brings people together. Treadwell has a rich history of basketball and this project will reignite that legacy and create a healthy park for families and neighbors.

NEEDS: $0 of 12,090 + Volunteers
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

The Healing Cathedral Community Park & Garden

We will be conducting the groundwork to start a community garden. We will also make the neighboring park more people-friendly by adding grills and park benches. 

NEEDS: $0 of 2,900 + Volunteers

Jim & Samella's Neighborhood

We have partner with local churches, businesses, and neighbors to support the project by volunteering with cleanup, digging, supplies, and building the amphitheater.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,586 + Volunteers

Save KIPP Academy's Books!

KMAM is investing in an online catalogue system for our brand new school library opening in 2016.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,580 + 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
North Memphis residents discussing the Greenline at the Paint Memphis even of July 2015

Friends of Chelsea Greenline Advocacy Group

The Greenline is coming, the greenline is coming! We would like to be a part of it and we need to be a part of it! North Memphis,TN needs a voice in this project since this project is making an impact in our neighborhood.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,743 + Volunteers

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

Paint Memphis 2

Paint Memphis will create the largest collaborative mural in Memphis, bringing together over 100 artists and community organizations. We build community one wall at a time.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,335 + Volunteers

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