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Stone Mountain, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will benefit people from diverse cultures, including new Americans, by enhancing two community farms and providing the opportunity to grow food for their families.

Houston, TX

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will turn vacant land into a community garden with eight raised beds. It will focus on growing vegetables common in Southeast Asian cuisine that are hard to find in supermarkets and grocery stores in Houston.

Fries, VA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will turn underutilized property beside the town farmers market into a community garden with 10 raised vegetable beds, rain barrels and two ADA-compliant benches, which will be available for all town residents to use.

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Washington, DC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: This project will feature five disaster relief trainings for older adults. Participants will learn first aid and disaster pre-planning, receive disaster checklists, and get first aid and preparedness supplies.

Washington, DC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital Connectivity Disaster Response

Description: This project will provide unhoused older adults with access to a computer lab to build digital skills, reconnect with family, and access services like healthcare and benefits, reducing isolation and increasing independence.

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