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Evansville, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Disaster preparedness training will equip older adult volunteers with practical emergency response skills. Participants will be better prepared to protect themselves and assist others during local emergencies.
Minneapolis, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Progressive Pathways set out to help residents think realistically about what they would need during summer storms and flooding, since many had never planned for an emergency or talked with neighbors about how to respond. The sessions encouraged people to consider items for their bug-out bags and opened conversations that helped neighbors understand how they could support one another. The gatherings also built new social networks and led to a partnerships that will extend preparedness resources. Residents left with clearer ideas about how to manage future emergencies and will receive ongoing materials and reminders.
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Redding, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Older adults and family caregivers in rural communities face elevated risk during wildfire and other emergencies, often without clear preparedness guidance or local coordination. Shiningcare Inc. addressed this gap by hosting free disaster preparedness symposiums that connected residents with practical safety education, checklists and trusted local responders. The events also established new partnerships with rural fire departments, churches and voluntary disaster organizations, expanding the reach of preparedness information. The impact was immediate. After one session, a caregiver said reviewing the checklist revealed her mother was not ready for an emergency, a realization echoed by others nearby. Another older adult shared they now felt safer and more prepared for fire season. These experiences helped reduce fear and built a foundation for ongoing, community-based preparedness efforts through future annual events.
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Anderson, SC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: To expose locals to art and grow food for people in need, Anderson Arts Center beautified its campus by creating a new mural and community garden. The first mural in Anderson, it depicts a rabbit alongside a colorful fruit and vegetables. Since its completion, it has inspired other local organizations to create their own murals around town. Project organizers say within the garden's first year, the Center taught nearly 500 children about growing fresh vegetables. The Arts Center, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, hosts gallery exhibitions featuring regional, national and international artists, orchestrates downtown public arts projects and is home to a summer arts camp and arts school for children and adults.
Anderson, SC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Housing Design Competitions
Description: Anderson County lacks affordable, accessible housing for older adults and people with disabilities, leaving many at risk of unsafe living conditions. The alliance hosted a housing design competition and charrettes to create realistic solutions, adapting plans after Hurricane Helene with virtual outreach and surveys. Five designs were unveiled for public voting, and the winning adaptive reuse concept inspired county leaders to explore converting vacant buildings into housing. Donated land and strong community engagement now position the county to expand options for low-income older adults.
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