The Summer Backpack Project aims to send each ABC camper home on Fridays with a backpack full of food for families to consume throughout the week. The food will be healthy, easy to prepare, and delicious!
Cada Paso has been activating health in East Harlem for three years. This year we're enhancing food security and promoting leadership opportunities for our families.
This project is a contribution to New York City's sustainable future. We're growing flowers, we're growing friendships, we're growing a community.
We are currently in the materials and construction phase. We will build the garden beds to implement the design of the The Third Street School Garden. We will then need soil and plants to complete the garden project.
Our goal with this event is to educate the East Harlem community about the importance of having a Go Bag and how to put a Go Bag together so that individuals and oragnizations are ready and prepared!
The goal of the project is for the community to activate their collective power to demand action and positive change, uniting and meeting on a monthly basis they will share information and training .
Cafe Blue addresses a pertinent need in the East Harlem community by expanding East Harlem's access to healthy and affordable food, while offering students entreupreunership and business experience.
After redevelopment, LMG lost the majority of its plantings and was littered with debris. Volunteers will build grow beds for vegetables & fruits, plant flowers, install a shed, and create seating areas.
We want to create an outdoor classroom for students, teachers and parents to work together to maintain and develop.
We need $5,000, to bring " Girls Sports Day to 1000 girls and 100 teachers. Thisis the day, the girls play, the boys cheer, and gym is run the Title IX Girls Team of the Dreamers.Girls Rock ...
The rusty iron arbor has already been removed and we hope to replace it with a new arbor to provide shade for the rose garden bench and restore the area to its original beauty.
Gathered around food we build community. Community youth and neighbors will learn hands-on growing, cooking, & share cultural recipes using locally sourced food. Food grown will be donated to meet local food need.
We hope to make our park a welcoming stop for butterflies - some of which are endangered in NY state - and educate the community in the process. We will supply plants and erect fencing and signage.
Central Park East II School is raising money to fund a kitchen classroom conversion, garden education, and garden supplies.
Youth participants will care for ABC's space in the community garden, acquiring gardening skills and fostering a positive relationship with other members of the East Harlem community in the shared space.
