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Native Garden for J. Hood Wright Park

We are fundraising to purchase native plants for a new garden.  

The park is located in upper Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood from W173rd to W176th Streets.

NEEDS: $1,663 of 5,191 + Volunteers
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Support Uptown Community Cooperative!

The mission of UCC is to facilitate access to creativity and health services, provide jobs and opportunities, and support grassroots organizations, with a focus on the Harlem and Washington Heights area.

NEEDS: $20,609 of 20,619 + Volunteers

Upper Manhattan Mutual Aid for Covid 19

Neighbors supporting neighbors!

NEEDS: $29,478 of 36,082 + Volunteers

The Plaza of The Wind Offerings

The Windy Plaza: a safe get together place. We educate & catalyze neighborhood collaborations outside & online. What new lifestyles do we ignite for a cascade of betterment? Where do we start? On Ave C.

NEEDS: $1,867 of 8,635 + Volunteers
HighGround Covid-19 Aid

HighGround Covid-19 Aid

Every New Yorker deserves a path to high ground and access to safety during this crisis.

NEEDS: $51,485 of 51,546 + Volunteers
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6&B Garden Kids Cooking and Gardening 2019 Season

Support our fourth season cooking and gardening with youth and neighbors at 6&B Garden.

NEEDS: $1,409 of 1,479 + Volunteers

#BankBlack: Phase 3

Bank Black USA is a national campaign to educate and encourage people from all backgrounds to #BankBlack #MoveYourMoney & #investInUs in order to support black institutions and the communities they serve.

NEEDS: $2,694 of 3,129 + Volunteers

NYCHA Weekly Circulars and Coupon bag Reduction

I am piloting small programs to REDUCE garbage in public housing developments.

NEEDS: $6,190 of 6,215 + Volunteers
Tree Bed

Hamilton GrangeTree bed Restoration

..be an asset to the community 

NEEDS: $2,195 of 2,195 + Volunteers
Holiday Tree Lighting

Alida Palma Memorial Fund for the Montefiore Park Neighborhood Assc.

The Alida Palma Memorial Fund for the Montefiore Park Neighborhood Association will support ongoing and new programing at the park as renovations are completed and the park will double in size.

NEEDS: $3,810 of 5,435 + Volunteers

First Street Green 2018 Arts Programming

Support the 7th season of arts programming at First Street Green art park. FSG works with community organizations and cultural institutions to provide free arts programming. All contributions are greatly appreciated!

NEEDS: $7,184 of 7,595 + Volunteers

Vesuvio Playground Improvements

Friends of Vesuvio Playground seeks funds to deliver free STEM programming and public art along with overall supplementary maintenance for the benefit of the public at Vesuvio Playground in SoHo.

NEEDS: $18,885 of 20,635 + Volunteers

Kips Bay Public Plaza

The redesign of an access road as a public plaza.  Implementing a plaza in this space will provide a gathering space for residents, beautify the neighborhood and address current safety and traffic concerns. 

NEEDS: $9,985 of 10,335 + Volunteers

Green Breakfast Club

This campaign will allow us to transition into Village Green, the peer to peer resource exchange for triple bottom line startups, those that impact people, profit and planet.

NEEDS: $12,241 of 12,293 + Volunteers

GreenDay 2012

An exciting environmental event for young and old.

 

NEEDS: $2,046 of 2,071 + Volunteers

Forget the Bag! Rewards Program

A pilot distribution of loyalty cards is planned to be distributed to 2 local shops to inspire their customers to use less, waste less, and be loyal to the businesses that care for the environment that surrounds them.

NEEDS: $652 of 687 + Volunteers

Learn to Ride a Mountain Bike Trail in Highbridge Park

Children and adults alike will learn the proper techniques to design and build a sustainable trail and learn the techniques to ride singletrack trails while performing a highly aerobic activity.

NEEDS: $1,549 of 1,620 + Volunteers

Climate Friendly Gardeners

Help fund workshops for BLT and MLT gardeners to learn about global warming and steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint in their own gardens.

NEEDS: $1,214 of 1,944 + Volunteers

All People's Garden

The project for which we are asking funding would help us plant the backyard area. We'll plant seasonal vegetables (tomatoes, lettuce) in raised beds.

NEEDS: $1,456 of 1,620 + Volunteers

135th Street Beautification Project

The need is for environmental beautification of this block. Uplifting the morale in the community in a healthier and self-esteem way.

NEEDS: $2,925 of 3,125 + Volunteers

Bailey-Holt House/Horticultural Society of New York garden project

A joint project, we attempt to empower others by growing herbs, flowers, and food while creating a sustainable and just food system.

NEEDS: $2,770 of 2,996 + Volunteers

Children's Organic Food Patch Workshops

Broadly, we wish to address the growing rate of diabetes, collapsing food economy, inequality of access to affordable organic produce, and the lapse of environmental education on food production in

NEEDS: $1,889 of 3,220 + Volunteers

Learn to Row Day

We prepare leaders for Learn to Row Day to involve the public in rowing traditional wooden (volunteer built!) Whitehall boats and a kids' pirate parade.

NEEDS: $1,047 of 1,065 + Volunteers

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“ioby has been an incredible resource. We couldn’t have done this without them. As landscape architects, what we really appreciated was the name: in our backyard. It's a crowdfunding platform that’s really philosophically aligned with what we believe our bus stop can be.”
Melissa Robledo, Mi Jardin, Project Leader, Austin, TX
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