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Sandoval, NM
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will provide essential modifications and repairs to enhance safety and mobility for older adults facing mobility challenges.
Bowling Green, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: In Bowling Green's Delafield neighborhood, many older adults face hazards that make aging in place difficult. HOTEL INC addressed this by offering five home safety trainings for 55 residents and creating a display of affordable accessibility products. Volunteers completed simple modifications in 15 homes and distributed dozens of safety items, while more than 150 motion-sensor night lights were provided through trainings and displays. Residents reported greater independence, such as easier kitchen access and reduced fall risks. The effort built trust and sparked conversations about broader livability improvements like sidewalks and parks.
Macomb, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: This project will use vetted volunteers to conduct home safety visits for low-income older adults. Volunteers will drive to homes and use checklists of easy fixes to make homes safer.
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Ferrum, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will create the first section of an ADA-accessible trail, accommodating residents of all mobility needs. This project aims to address older adult isolation by providing a safe, level trail for outdoor activity.
Roanoke, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: To combat food insecurity, improve neighborhood safety and encourage residents to spend time outdoors, this project enhanced an existing community garden. Over several community work days volunteers installed raised beds, benches, a picnic table and portable toilet facilities. Organizers hope the improvements make the garden more accessible to people of all ages -- including older adults living in nearby apartment complexes.
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