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Gary, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will provide rug rippers and copies of the AARP HomeFit Guide to people with chronic medical conditions who participate in the All Food is Medicine meal distribution service. The organization will hold weekly sessions to review the guide.
South Euclid, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will teach fall prevention strategies to older adults living in the Cleveland suburbs. Participants will also receive safety kits.
Pinellas Park, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will install grab bars in the homes of residents age 50 or older. These residents have frequently used the local EMS response system and are considered at high risk of falling.
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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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