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2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Digital Connections
└ Digital navigation skills
└ Digital navigation skills
This project provided people 50-plus with training in technology, led by volunteers. Each participant received a tablet and laptop that could be taken home. The tablets became theirs to keep after the six-week program.
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