Crystal from Presente! Maine shares how their Food Brigade fed over 2,000 people, including 600 in Lewiston, through their Food Brigade, supported in part by a Healthy Neighborhoods Mini-Grant.
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Bridgette Bartlett from St. Mary's Nutrition Center's Lots to Garden program shares how they developed gardener safety kits and hand-washing stations to keep their community gardens open during the pandemic with help from a Mini-Grant from Healthy Neighborhoods.
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Billie from the Agora Grand shares how Mini-Grant funding helped them weather COVID, capture the elopement market, and keep this iconic Lewiston institution open.
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Victoria from Safe Voices shares how they navigated a significant increase in call volume to their 24-hour helpline during COVID-19 with the help of a Healthy Neighborhoods Mini-Grant.
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Tri-County Mental Health Services received a Mini-Grant in 2020 to connect residents of Lewiston’s emergency homeless shelter to telehealth counseling services during COVID-19.
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Amy Sanchez lives in the heart of Lewiston’s Tree Streets neighborhood and received a Mini-Grant to sew and distribute 750 high quality masks to at-risk neighbors.
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Community Credit Union created a neighborhood garden outside their 144 Pine Street, Lewiston branch, benefitting their staff and local organizations with healthy food options.
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The Root Cellar distributed school breakfasts, lunches, and homework packets with guided work to over 1,000 students every week in grade levels PreK - 12th.
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Trinity Jubilee Center renovated their crumbling walkway, ensuring all people have equal access to the vital services they provide.
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Two new accessible picnic tables were installed at the PUG and decorated by local artists.
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Maine Inside Out hosted the Kennedy Park Block Party to bring community members and organizations together to celebrate downtown Lewiston and create a vision for the community's future.
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Volunteers removed removed 63,268 pounds (31.5 tons) of trash from the Tree Streets, and distributed 120 free trash bins and 30 recycling bins across the neighborhood.
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Healthy Homeworks transformed an empty lot in the heart of the Tree Streets neighborhood into a community garden and event space called the Pop-Up Garden (the “PUG”), and hosted a grand opening neighborhood event.
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