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Dillard University Community Relations (2022) Print
2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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└ Community Gardens
└ Community Gardens
This project created a community garden with twenty raised-bed garden boxes. Dillard University Community Relations also held six healthy-cooking demonstrations and four health fairs.
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