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Cincinnati, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: The fire department will conduct home assessments to identify issues that put older adults at risk of falls. They will also distribute home safety products, such as grab bars.

Rockledge, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will provide home usability assessments for older adults to identify trip hazards and needed lighting and railings, among other concerns. Specialists will mitigate these issues and train participants in home safety best practices.

Philadelphia, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will provide three educational workshops for older adults to help them age in place safely. A support team will include an occupational therapist, a registered nurse and social workers.

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Corry, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Trails

Description: When the City of Corry developed its long-term strategic plan, one of its primary objectives was improving access to greenspace. Most residents live more than a ten-minute walk from local parks and trails. To better connect neighborhoods to a local greenway, Impact Corry transformed an underused, overgrown pathway into an accessible trail. Volunteers worked to install amenities along the route, including benches designed by local artists and a pollinator-friendly gardens. Project organizers also added solar-powered crossing beacons street intersections to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe.

Chautauqua, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project added two tennis courts to the Chautauqua Institution's campus. One of the courts can be converted into two pickleball courts as needed. Pickleball -- a mashup of tennis and ping-pong, is a popular sport among older adults, since the game is both low-impact and fast-faced.

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