Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, to provide free fruit to local residents and to green our urban environments.
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Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, to provide free fruit to local residents and to green our urban environments.
Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.
Organize a Walking School Bus in your local area for a healthier, more fun way for kids to get to and from school.
Cultivating a greener, healthier and more livable community by planting trees as we all stay at home
Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science
Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.
Organize a regular community gathering in your local area to celebrate a love of the written or spoken word.
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
Organize a river cleanup in your community or workplace and help to keep the Chicago River litter free.
Adventure Beyond the Classroom
Bring people together in your neighborhood to plant trees for the benefit of your community and the environment.
Share skills and talents in your community
Community gatherings to build bridges and overcome division
Help to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting companies, remote workers and local communities.
Provide a space in your community where men can find meaning, friendship and belonging.
Build Common Ground in Your Community by Hosting a Welcoming Week Event.
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
Transform Recess to Transform your School
Organize a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.
Use school grounds to develop a sense of place and connection to the environment for urban dwellers.
Get hands-on education and support to plant trees in your neighborhood with your neighbors.
Bring people together in conversation through stories, art, and objects.
Start recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.
Start a vertical school garden in your classroom to give kids access to fresh produce and to learn about growing food.
Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
Welcome immigrants to your community through conversational English classes
Global competence teaching and learning for your classroom
Equip young people with the skills and commitment to solve problems with courage, compassion and collaboration
Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food
ChangeX & Microsoft have teamed up to launch a $140,000 fund to help you bring new sustainability projects to your community
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start projects in your community that help the environment
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start projects in your community that help the environment
