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CategoryA collection of our favourite Awesome Foundation funded projects from around the world. Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $1.5m in grants via 114 chapters in 26 countries.
FARM LA’S LIMA BEANS PROJECT
If it were up to Farm LA, the humble lima bean would be the official vegetable of Los Angeles. The healthy, filling veggie grows like a champ in LA, and the n..
Project Cold Days
Cold Days is a documentary about homelessness during the cold Ottawan winters. If you’re picturing an Australian winter, think again. We’re talking knee-deep ..
Badass Boarders
Kasley Killam of San Francisco is bringing it with an awesome initiative called Badass Boarders, who are Awesomen SF’s latest grant winner.
Simply put, Bad..
Cyber Seniors
Let’s face it, we’ve all shared the frustration at some point when trying to teach either a parent or friend, who may be slightly older, to use a smartphone, ..
Murals for a Queens Supportive Housing Facility
We’re always amazed by the awesomeness that spreads far and wide around this amazing globe of ours. Recently the Awesome Chapter of New York City have gotten ..
Pay It Forward Pink Envelope Initiative
Picture this. One morning in you wander down the path, across the front yard and open the mailbox to find a little pink envelope. No addressee. Just a message..
Sandcastle Maker
Close your eyes and think back to your family beach trips in the summertime. The car packed to the brim with towels, beach umbrellas and the trusty bucket tha..
Stellar Displacement
Albert Kong, resident local of San Francisco, is bringing the great outdoors into the big smoke with Stellar Displacement.
Stellar Displacement is a trave..
‘Roughly Speaking’
Conal McGuire is giving a voice to Liverpool’s homeless, showcasing their interpretations and interactions with the city through art.
McGuire’s ‘Roughly Sp..
Class Matter Inc.
If you’ve been following Awesome Newcastle on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, you may have seen ‘The Business of Doing Good’, a Philadelphia based school prog..