Camai Community Health Center (2018) Print

star-24px 2018 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public places
└ Park enhancements
To keep residents of all ages active, this project set out to update outdoor fitness trails, providing space for people of all ages to engage with each other. Camai Community Center developed a summer walking path and winter ski trail. To offer the community an intergenerational activity, the organization created a story walk, which features pages of a storybook displayed in succession along the pathway. They then hosted invited local elders groups to walk the path with preschool children and read to them.

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Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.

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