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Beaverton, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other
Description: The program will train older adults to lead small-group and individual emergency planning sessions across Oregon. Personalized plans and supplies will improve readiness for weather and power events and strengthen peer support networks.
Olympia, WA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other
Description: The city will launch a pilot program providing portable heat pumps and air filters to low-income homebound older adults. The project will reduce health risks from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, and provide education on heat- and air-quality safety.
New Orleans, LA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other
Description: The organization will prepare and deliver 150 hurricane readiness boxes with food, water and essential supplies. These kits will help older adults stay safer at home before, during and after severe storms.
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St. John, VI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public space improvements to support recovery after extreme weather events
Description: This project will upgrade the St. Ursula's Mission kitchen, which was damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, to support St. John Meals on Wheels and aid disaster recovery. Improvements will ensure ongoing service for older adults and other residents.
St. Thomas, VI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Public art installations
Description: The Virgin Islands Council on the Arts commissioned local artists -- all of whom were older adults -- to create four murals at a local recreational complex. Intended to extend the Yacht Haven Public Arts Initiative into more neighborhoods, the new murals focus on Virgin Islanders' heritage and history. Subject matter includes an ocean vista with sail boats, a scene from everyday Island life and an homage to local athletes. Project organizers say they hope the new public art instills a sense of neighborhood identity and adds color to walls that would otherwise go unnoticed.
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