Organize a regular community gathering in your local area to celebrate a love of the written or spoken word.
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Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.
A community based initiative aiming to clean and maintain local rivers
Organise an event to map the accessibility of public places in your community and raise awareness of the topic
Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.
Organize an Hour of Code™ and join a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science.
Build a playground wherever you are, using local tools, materials, and skills
Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food.
Create a joyful learning opportunity in your local community
Organise a Walking School Bus: A healthier, more fun way to get to and from school.
Lead a hands-on STEM programme in your school or community for 4-6 year olds
A community based initiative promoting active travel by bike for school children.
Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.
Equip young people with the skills and commitment to solve problems with courage, compassion and collaboration
a community based initiative promoting active travel by bike for school children.
Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.
Create an alternative learning community to share skills and talents in your community.
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science.
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
Bring people together in conversation through stories, art, and objects.
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Swarthmore College & ChangeX have teamed up to launch a $5,000 fund to help you build Swarthmore College relationships.
Apply to Start IdeaYou hold an active Swarthmore College email address You're passionate about building a thriving Swarthmore College community If you want to scale an existing project it must address one of the following: Environment & Sustainability, Education & Access, Arts, Media & Culture, Identities, Inequality & Human Rights, or Economic Development & Leadership
Swarthmore College will provide access to a budget of up to $500 per project to fund the delivery of your Swarthmore College Community Challenge. Once you apply and begin the 30-Day Challenge, the ChangeX platform shows an automated breakdown of funding allocated or ring-fenced for you as $350 to start and $150 on completion of your project - which is cool! However, for the Swarthmore College Community Challenge 2021/22, Swarthmore will administer the $500 budget allocation internally, so check with the Garnet Collaborative Team on how to draw down the ring-fenced $500 budget for your project ([email protected]).
Select an idea listed below or submit your existing project and register to get your project page Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge Submit a photo and your action plan Let us know what impact you are having in your community
