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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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└ Community Gardens
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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Davis, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will turn an unused area into a community garden with 20 raised beds and four accessible benches. Gardeners will have the opportunity to grow food for their families and contribute produce to the local food bank.
Jackson, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will enhance a community garden by implementing educational programming for older adults on topics including nutrition and fresh food, gardening and food saving.
Forman, ND
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will move an existing community garden to a more accessible location. It will also expand the garden to offer more raised beds for people who are interested in growing their own food.
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Clarkston, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project will turn unused office space into a community center, which will host activities including crocheting and Tai Chi. The center will serve as a gathering space for residents, including the community's many migrant families.
Brookhaven, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Inclusive civic engagement efforts
Description: This project created a newsletter featuring immigrant stories from the Buford Highway corridor and distributed it through a news rack stationed along thecommercial roadway. It also staged an event featuring recitations of the stories in five languages.
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