Join us on Thursday, July 10 and dine with a purpose at AWESOME SOUP, an event produced in collaboration between MIAMI SOUP and Awesome Foundation MIAMI. SOUP is grassroots model for funding small to medium-sized projects designed to enhance the quality of community life. MIAMI SOUP is a convivium of neighbors enjoying a simple supper of soup, salad, bread, and beverage that generates a profit to be invested back in the community. The SOUP model combines the best of the eating philosophies of Slow Food with the fund-raising approach of Kickstarter. Along with the purchase of the meal, each attendee receives a vote to cast in favor of a proposal for neighbor improvement. The income from the meal becomes part of a grant awarded that very night at the discretion of the dinner guests. MIAMI SOUP is more than food for thought because it enables ideas to be transformed into reality and empowers positive change in a single neighborhood. The July 10 event will take place at Grand Central and will food prepared by Chef Alan Hughes of The Embassy. Tickets may be procured here. https://frmedicamentsenligne.com
The submission window for our August grant will be open from July 1 – July 20, 2014. The funds will be awarded April during the chapter’s Awesome Hour to be held August 20 @7pm at Fork and Juniper – 125 1oth Street – Atlanta, GA
Our chapter’s grant schedule is January – June and then August – November. We do not award grants in July and December.
The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s June grant is now open. Applications are being accepted from May 1-May 20th and the funds will be awarded during the June “Awesome Hour.” To date, the newly launched chapter has awarded two grants. The inaugural grant was awarded in April to the S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club for Teen Boys and the May grant was given to The Cross Keys Foundation to build a “Little Free Library” along the Buford Highway corridor for a largely “English Learner” Language (ELL) population. – Apply today
The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s May grant opened today – as the inaugural winner was announced. The chapter’s inaugural winner is The S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club, a mentoring program for young men. The chess club was started by Fulton County Juvenile Court Officer, Mustafa Mahdi and the Deputy Chief of Probation, Samuel Washington. The grant-funds will be used to purchase additional chess boards, game-timers and business-attire for the young men in the program, all from low income single parent homes. Since the program’s inception Officer Mahdi has personally purchased the chess boards from thrift stores. The window for the May Grant will be opened from April 1 – April 20th. The winner will be announced prior to Awesome Atlanta’s monthly cocktail hour to be held @ bar Eleven at the Loews Atlanta Hotel. The winner and other purveyors of social-good are invited to attend the monthly gathering. – Apply today