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Monticello, IA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: The library will purchase a mobile kitchen to host health and nutrition classes. Programming for adults will focus on making healthy, budget-conscious food choices while classes for children and teens will cover cooking and kitchen basics.
Newport, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Newport wanted to encourage community members to eat locally grown fresh produce. In partnership with the Jamestown Community Garden, the Center wrote and published the first two chapters of a community cookbook. They then distributed copies of the book through the local food pantry. The first chapter offers tips on cooking with fall produce -- such as zucchini and squash -- and the second focuses on cooking for one. In addition, the center hosted a food expo, which gave residents access to info about local food resources. The community center intends to host similar events in the future.
Topeka, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: To increase community health, this project built a greenhouse, installed ADA-compliant benches and hosted health and wellness events featuring medical professionals and nutritionists.
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Garfield, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: Through its Generations for Garfield initiative, the City of Garfield set up pop-up wellness centers at its local VFW post. Part of a pilot program, the centers provided a centrally located, multigenerational space for programming, including arts, cooking and exercise classes. Since the pilot, the effort culminated in construction of the Garfield Engagement Center in 2019.
Montclair, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The grant will fund a design competition that will provide homeowners with plans for building accessory dwelling units and documentation for obtaining planning board approval.
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