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2024 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Community Resilience
└ Emergency preparedness skills
└ Emergency preparedness skills
This project will promote emergency preparedness, focusing on the needs of older adults. Displays at community events and workshops will teach residents how to make an evacuation plan and kit.
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