On Monday December 2, 2019, Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary was awarded a $2,500 grant by Bloktoberfest to support the Project Recess Capital Campaign. The grant provides important financial support as we work towards our goal of raising the remaining funds needed to break ground on the rooftop playground at GW Childs Elementary School in June of 2020. NICE is honored to have the support of Bloktoberfest in this work as they expand their reach into the Point Breeze and Newbold neighborhoods.
About Bloktoberfest
Much like NICE, Bloktoberfest was founded by neighbors coming together to support a need in the local community. Founded in 2008 to raise funds for a new roof for the Shiloh Baptist Church on the 2200 block of Christian St. Blocktoberfest was born when a few concerned neighbors decided to help by throwing a fundraiser block party. Since then, Bloktoberfest has donated over $350,000 to local non-profits that further Bloktoberfest’s mission to nurture a sense of community in a rapidly changing and developing city and promote the local area as a great place to live and do business.