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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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└ Community Gardens
└ Community Gardens
Funding will be used to purchase raised garden beds and repair the sidewalk around a community orchard and garden.
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Highland Heights, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: Volunteers designed and built raised-bed planters, which they installed at the senior center. Additionally, the Center hosted workshops to educate older adults about gardening.
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.
Windham, CT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will create a community gardening program to help older adults grow food locally. It will enrich the design of a new green space at a senior center and will provide tools and weekly group sessions led by a master gardener.
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Memphis, TN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will help residents assess and implement home modifications for safety and accessibility. It will assist 20 older adults identify resources for improvements like ramps, porch rails, and lighting.
Memphis, TN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project will teach residents, especially those age 50-plus, emergency planning skills and provide disaster kits. Two workshops will cover preparedness strategies and local disaster risks.
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