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P.S. 107

Description:
Support of P.S. 107's garden. Students will start seeds indoors, and transfer seedlings to the garden in April. We need organic coir, soil, compost, fertilizer, and earthworm eggs and gardening-centered curricular materials.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Park Slope
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Population Served: Children
Ages Served: Preschool Students
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Fund: Green Communities Fund

The Nature Conservancy of New York

Description:
Support to expand The Internship Program for City Youth to serve students from new and existing environmentally themed high schools in BK. BCF seeded partnership with BASE HS four years ago - expansion is based on this model.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: High School Students
Fund: Green Communities Fund

The Forest Park Trust, Inc.

Description:
Support for Highland Park Summer 2010 Youth Enrichment Program. The program will take place in the Brooklyn portion of the park and include free summer sports clinics, park festivals and the Junior Garden Club.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Neighborhoods Served: Highland Park
Population Served: Children
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Old Stone House of Brooklyn

Description:
Building on five years of environmental site development in Washington Park, OSH seeks to formalize its environmental education programming through curriculum development, educational outreach, community programming and stabilized staffing.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Carroll Gardens
Neighborhoods Served: Park Slope
Neighborhoods Served: Sunset Park
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Inc.

Description:
Operating support for the final design phase of the greenway. BGI is partnering with NYC DOT to hire and manage an engineering firm to design the 14-mile route. The greenway will become part of the NYC capital budget.
Grant Amount: $30,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

New York Restoration Project

Description:
Support to fund small projects across 21 Brooklyn community gardens. Residents of low-income neighborhoods grow fruits, herbs, and vegetables in the gardens; funding will support small construction projects and workshops.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Transportation Alternatives

Description:
Expansion of the successful Biking Rules in Brooklyn campaign, with a challenge component to recruit 300 new dues-paying members from Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Good Shepherds Community Garden

Description:
General operating support for community garden.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served: Families
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Description:
Founded in 1994, the annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest is a borough-wide neighborhood greening and beautification project of GreenBridge, the community horticulture program of Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG).
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Bay Ridge Food Coop

Description:
Support for potential new coop serving all residents in Bay Ridge. Funding will support their outreach and organizing efforts to build awareness about the food coop.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Ridge
Neighborhoods Served: Bensonhurst
Neighborhoods Served: Sunset Park
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund

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Helping Build in Brooklyn

Habitat for Humanity is known throughout the world for recruiting volunteers to build homes for low-income people. However, this model faces challenges in an urban setting like Brooklyn, where open land is scarce and expensive. 

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