Check out these inspirational updates from initiatives hosted byOpen Collective Foundation:

🌟 Iron Path Farms is having aproductive and fruitful harvest in Haudenosaunee territory in occupied NY.

🌟Ward 2 Mutual Aid has raisedhalf of their monthly budget and signed on 37 new neighbors to become donors! Thank you to their supporters for showing up to meet the W2MA community needs.

🌟Love Wins Food Pantryhas recently distributed8 tons of food to 400+ families in the Queens neighborhood, NYC.Click here to learn more about how you can support their efforts to make food accessible.

🌟 Congratulations toSpokane Mutual Aidon getting theircommunity space ready for use!

🌟 To help local children prepare for the school year,East Bronx Democrats arefundraising for school supplies.

🌟 Continuing from their Patreon practice, everyone who donates a $25 minimum toThe Xylom will now receive apersonalized thank you card in the mail (who doesn't love that?)‌

🌟Vicious Mole Theatre Groupperformed theirfirst performances as a collective in July in Manchester, NH!

🌟 TheSunflower Collectiveprepares for theirfirst Ukrainian family to travel to Chicago and start their new lives! Safe travels to Natasha and the boys.

🌟The Black and Brown Collectivehosted a Juneteenth Picnic in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. Clickhere to read more about their activities and events during the 2021-2022 school year.

🌟 Meeting for one of the first times in person in the Pacific Northwest, theBlack Banjo Reclamation Project has had an AMAZING summer ofbuilding connections and expanding skills.‌

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🌟 TheSouth Philadelphia Community Fridgefilled96fridges across 5 locations in the South Philly area. Read more about their month of abundancehere.

🌟 Abig thank you from theComrade Co-opto the Denver community for helping them continue to reach their goals to uplift and support the unhoused.

🌟 In the month of July,ChiResistshosted their firstHealing In the Park in Humboldt park AND received a small seed grant - congratulations!

🌟Alexander Fishman Childhood Joy Fundhassent 5 children to summer camps in Brooklyn this summer to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, and even acrobatics!

🌟 Read theSan Antonio ReviewJuly updatehere!

🌟Mutual Aid Bookshas beenparticipating in pop-ups through Seattle this summer and distributing important queer abolitionist text during Pride.

🌟Social Health Labiscelebratingtheir newest Microgrant winner, Nadine from Florida!

🌟Community Kitchen MPLShas delivered a whopping 7,000 meals to the Minneapolis community this year according to theirmid-year update.‌

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🌟Funds Y'All Mutual Aid Phillyhasdelivered ACs to families in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas to keep the community cool during these hot months.

🌟My Black Cityhaslaunched its first chapter outside of Colorado, in North County San Diego.

🌟Okionu Birth Foundationis a Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women grant recipient of 2022!Read more to learn about their amazing intentions.

🌟 After empowering Black ParentPreneurs for 2 years,ParentPreneur Foundationhas funded over 300+ mental health therapy sessions and given $1ook in grants to communities.Click here to watch a video sharing their progress.

🌟 TheGet to College Projecthassupplied 5 students with college counselling in 2022.

🌟 Clickhere to view theCircle City Mutual Aidlatest newsletter. They provide free basic needs, survival, hygiene, and harm reduction items with the downtown Indianapolis community every Sunday, no questions asked.‌

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🌟 The Peter Mihaly Foundationhasawarded Celina Lopez their foundation's scholarship. Congratulations Celina!‌

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🌟FAVORhosted a successful annual fundraiser with over 300 people In attendance for their 2022 Roslindale/Hyde ParkEmpty Bowls event.

🌟Turn Down For What NYCsuccessfully launched in the month of May 2022 and have beenempowering adults with Down syndrome in NYC throughout the summer.

🌟The Future Is Usconcluded their Group Residency pilot project with a virtual exhibition earlier in the summer. Clickhere to learn more about view the works and catalogue.

🌟Free Food Collectiveshares some milestones over the past year, including a diversion of 16481 pounds of fresh food from entering a landfill!‌

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