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Lexington, KY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: Organizers with Seedleaf hoped to provide a more comfortable experience for the many older adults who maintain one of its free community gardens. To do this, Seedleaf provided ergonomic garden tools -- including shovels and trowels -- designed for people with arthritis to use. They also purchased portable, raised seats that gardeners can place alongside garden beds, as well as a foldable wagon to collect harvested vegetables and a shed to house the new tools. To provide a space for visitors to rest and socialize, the nonprofit worked with a local carpenter to build two sturdy, cedar benches.

Kansas City, MO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: The grant will turn a formerly blighted vacant lot into a community garden and interactive art installation.

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.

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Washington, DC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital Connectivity Disaster Response

Description: This project will provide unhoused older adults with access to a computer lab to build digital skills, reconnect with family, and access services like healthcare and benefits, reducing isolation and increasing independence.

Washington, DC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: This project will feature five disaster relief trainings for older adults. Participants will learn first aid and disaster pre-planning, receive disaster checklists, and get first aid and preparedness supplies.

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