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Ossipee, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Emergency preparedness skills
Description: This project will provide older residents with emergency preparedness demonstrations and backpacks filled with emergency essentials. The community has experienced an increase in ice storms, severe flooding and blizzards, requiring emergency evacuations.
Portland, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Emergency preparedness skills
Description: The project will stage Live Well Cafe pop-up events in two East Portland neighborhoods, which will bring together older adults, people with disabilities and other residents to discuss emergency preparedness, mutual aid and other important issues for community resilience.
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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: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project created a community garden with raised garden beds and seating, so that people of all ages and abilities could enjoy the space.
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