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Baltimore, MD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project upgraded and made accessibility improvements to a community garden in a low-income neighborhood. It created a rain garden and installed a permeable paver path, picnic table, lighting and a canopy.
Flint, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project recruited volunteers and installed raised beds at community gardens located at food banks and centers for older adults.
Newark, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will install fencing around garden beds and provide supplies for older residents. Those residents will take over summer maintenance of a pilot garden project at a local elementary school.
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Columbus, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Inclusive civic engagement efforts
Description: Central Ohio is home to a large Bhutanese migrant population. This project set out to help women from this community access community resources -- including libraries, parks and public transportation. The Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio held a series of trainings for older Bhutanese women, providing transportation to participants.
Columbus, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Emergency preparedness skills
Description: This project will supply emergency preparedness kits for older residents to use in evacuations, such as during tornados and flooding. Participants will also learn how to create a disaster plan and checklists and how to evacuate pets and service animals.
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