<div><strong>My name is Kofi Thomas and I have been working to preserve and improve green spaces for almost a decade. I am a neighbor that believes in the power of community and recognizes green spaces as a catalyst to unlocking that potential. </strong>Our gardens are a place of healing and growth.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Our Brooklyn neighborhood has suffered physically and mentally over the past years.  We are victims of social, economical, and environmental inequalities that have been intensified. We will begin to heal through the transformation of our green spaces. l <strong>We are raising money to improve our Environment as a vehicle to Educate and Empower communities in Brooklyn.</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="30518318_1575480371244960_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1575480371244960_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>The money donated will go towards a number of impactful improvements:</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>-Building raised beds to increase healthy locally grown food production
</div>
<div>- Water irrigation system 
</div>
<div>- Art programming as a means of therapy. We will invest in music equipment and art supplies, giving our community some tools  to express themselves and come together. Being able to pay local artists and bring culturally rich entertainment to a neighborhood sparse with outdoor activities. 
</div>
<div>- Offer enriching activities like Yoga classes, Salsa dancing, painting and writing workshops.
</div>
<div>- Build partnerships with local schools and youth organizations to plant the seed early and create young farmers   and environmental activists
</div>
<div>- Invest in a clean energy system that will improve our air quality, reduce fossil fuels and serve as a teaching tool for other gardens and science classes
</div>
<div>- Composting program to divert food waste and remediate our soils
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>We impact the community in a number of ways: </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="30518318_1546032368315903_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546032368315903_r.jpeg" width="100%" /><img alt="30518318_1546039927318479_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546039927318479_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Youth Education and Empowerment</strong>
</div>
<div>The Good Life Garden in Brooklyn, one of our gardens, is a green space that had fallen into the hands of vagrants and drug dealers over a decade ago. We cleaned it up and now use it as a space to uplift the community. We believe our future is in the youth. We have hosted the Girls Scouts who planted vegetables and learned how food grows. We also worked with teachers from Bushwick Ascend Middle School to design a garden centered 3 week curriculum focusing on Math, History of the neighborhood, and Art expression. We continue to reach out to local schools that lack outdoor space. Now we have partnerships with local highschools and Universities. 
</div><img alt="30518318_1546032845188648_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546032845188648_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Food Access and Healthy Living</strong>
</div>
<div>Part of our ongoing programming is providing fresh vegetables and sometimes full meals to the community. We live in a  food desert with with little affordable or healthy options
</div>
<div>In this picture neighbors cooked a free lunch, played music and it became a block party! We have given away over 8,000 lbs of free fresh food to date
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="30518318_1546033048921457_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546033048921457_r.jpeg" width="100%" /><img alt="30518318_1546033513598651_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546033513598651_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Senior Engagement</strong>
</div>
<div>We reserve space in our garden for seniors and we listen to their guidance.  Fortunate to host a mix of seniors from all around the world sharing seeds, growing practices and ways to steward and cherish the gifts of the land.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="30518318_1546033220258914_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_1546033220258914_r.jpeg" width="100%" /><img alt="30518318_154604190441790_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/30518318_154604190441790_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Arts and Culture</strong>
</div>
<div>We welcome musicians, poets, painters and artists of all mediums to enrich our creativity and celebrate diversity.  We host multi generational jam sessions, dance workshops, plays, art exhibitions, and other beautiful forms of expressions.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Your contribution will allow us to continue the work of addressing the needs in our neighborhoods and expand our capacity to deliver on our mission.</strong> Now more than ever our environment and communities are at risk and we need help to protect and preserve them. Food Security, Mental Health, Climate Justice, Nutrition, Public Safety, Radical Joy
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Your support means the world to us. It gives us the strength and courage to keep going. It is about people collaborating and learning that we have strength as a community. We grow together!</strong>
</div>

Langston Kerman

Sebit Min

John-Luis Moretti

Anonymous

Yoko Haraoka

Zachary Schulman

Xenia Saunte

J T He

Jeff Smith

Rena Grossman

Selena Coppock

Jennifer Nielsen

Leslie Bish

Sally Rumble

Emily Lavelle

Kevin O'Heir

Paula Crea

Karla Stenius

Nia Nelson

Eleni Maltas

Help Kofi Thomas be a Farmer in a concrete jungle

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Help Kofi Thomas be a Farmer in a concrete jungle

Still $7,408 to go. Help us build momentum.