Rosa Keller Library food waste collection

Compost NOW in 2020

Compost NOW has diverted over 300,000 pounds of food waste from the landfill since we began. We want to continue - and expand - our free, weekly food waste collections throughout 2020.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,340 + Volunteers
Rosa Keller Library Food Waste Collection

Big Easy Composting

From garbage to garden: help us expand our New Orleans food waste collection & compost service to four Library sites this Spring. Our goal: 10,000 pounds diverted in our first 6 months!

NEEDS: $0 of 1,531 + Volunteers
Conceptual inspiration by the Arts Council Place Department

The Story Shelter on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

A creative bus shelter and crosswalk concept imagined, designed, and built by youth that will use public art to improve bus-rider experience on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.

NEEDS: $0 of 14,464 + Volunteers

Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

To cover the costs of putting our bookmobile on the streets of New Orleans by mid April.  This will be the ONLY bookmobile to serve Orleans Parish and the children of the city truly want and need it.

NEEDS: $0 of 4,155 + Volunteers

Freret / Uptown Tool Lending Library

The Freret Uptown Tool Lending Library will loan tools to New Orleans residents (at no charge) to perform simple home maintenance, tend their yards and gardens, build furniture, start projects, and learn new skills.

NEEDS: $0 of 4,346 + Volunteers