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Provides opportunities to participate in and benefit from urban farming and gardening, community-led food distribution, health and wellness education, and neighborhood land stewardship.

Community Garden

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.

Community Garden

Cultivates a community garden. Distributes produce to community members in need. Provides volunteer opportunities.

Supports the outreach mission of Penn State Extension by utilizing unbiased research-based information to educate the public and communities on best practices in sustainable horticulture and environmental stewardship.

Grows fresh fruits and vegetables that are donated to the community, affiliated pantries, and mutual aid networks. Also provides volunteer opportunities. Offers community farming days monthly for volunteers and serves as educational demonstration on farming for community members.

Offers year round youth educational-recreational programs, community events for parents and seniors, and life skills information for residents of all ages in the Grays Ferry and surrounding South Philadelphia neighborhoods. Also works to reduce teen violence and alleviate neighborhood tensions. Provides mentoring, food and clothing giveaways, and maintains Tynirah's Community Welcome Garden.

Community Garden

Provides educational information, literature on gardening and related topics, and master gardener program.

Provides individualized and small group programming for youth and adults, help with diapers, a weekly soup kitchen, crime reduction efforts, neighborhood watch, referrals, housing improvement programs, community gardens, farmers market, mural art, streetscape improvements.

Community Garden

Provides information regarding gardening and environment including composting and soil, flowers, fruits, gardening, indoor plants, lawns and grass, pesticides, trees and shrubs, vegetable and herbs, water and ponds, and wildlife damage management.

Community Garden

Offers two garden lots available for residents and/or others interested in a gardening plot.

Offers many diverse fitness activities for all ages, including aquatics, dance, gymnastics, yoga, softball, volleyball, basketball, and a variety of enrichment classes, such as woodshop, art, computers, and personal financial planning. Sponsors summer day camps at the Overlook Activities Center. Offers meeting space for various community groups and sponsors bus trips throughout the year. Also acts as the managing body for the following facilities: Skyline Pool, Overlook Pool, Overlook Activities Center and Roller Rink. Scheduling of Township sports field, pavilions and gardens, park and other rental facilities.

Provides a tool lending library and bulk garden materials depot. Seeks to reduce barriers to growing food by making it easier for gardeners in the region to access the tools and supplies they need to grow successful home and community gardens. For a sliding scale annual membership fee, the GRC allows patrons to access free garden tool rentals and bulk materials such as organic compost, mulch, and soil amendments.

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.

Provides after school programming covering four core areas: education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and fitness and recreation. Activities and services include homework help, digital literacy training, mentoring, sports and games, nutrition education, gardening, and more.

Offers garden plots in the Las Parcelas garden for rent and includes use of water, tools, and kitchens. Also offers workshops to learn about gardening and composting.

Offers numerous events to build the community and allow neighbors to meet one another such as community gardens, outdoor movie nights and participate in National Night Out which features live music and a large picnic for all neighbors.

Works to engage the community for the success of its students and neighbors. Organizes and promotes community program such as the Music for Lunch series, Second Saturday Night Live Concerts, block parties and park parties, Grow Meadville, Pop-Up shops, Thankful Thursdays, Meadville Calendar.com, and Community Coordinator position.

Nature center free for an educational experience in nature Their educational lobby offers hands-on activities, a live honeybee observation hive, a store, a critter hunt, and much more.

Provides volunteer opportunities for members of the community to develop gardening skills and teach children about assisting those in need. Produce is given to the CCDC Food Pantry for local families in need.

Community greenhouse open for scheduled classes and special events. Provides education about the relationship between food ecosystem that is healthy for both people and the environment and promotes disease prevention though diet, movement, and active living.