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Phoenix, AZ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Expansion and enhancement of transportation options

Description: This project provided transportation to medical appointments, job and housing interviews, the grocery store and similar destinations to hundreds of vulnerable community members.

Thayne, WY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Expansion and enhancement of transportation options

Description: This project will provide transportation assistance to older residents living in a frontier community who need to get to medical appointments outside of the local area.

Farmington, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Expansion and enhancement of transportation options

Description: This project expanded a program providing free rides to people are 50 or older in this rural community, partly with the addition of seven volunteer drivers.

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Windham, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project will provide an accessible, shaded picnic area to an existing park that will soon be the location of a self-guided walking trail.

Cumberland, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Bikeability

Description: The project will provide two fat tire tricycles for older adults to use on Town Forest trails. These tricycles will offer a safe and inclusive way to enjoy outdoor activities, with staff support and mandatory safety talks.

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