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Vassalboro, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This town will add raised garden beds with benches outside Vassalboro's municipal office. The new community garden will serve as an outdoor classroom and gathering space and will allow residents to grow healthy food.

Ketchikan, AK

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will add six raised beds to a garden plot and purchase plants to give older adults the opportunity to grow vegetables and flowers while receiving the physical and mental benefits of gardening.

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.

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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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