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Ranson, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will add heritage apple trees to a community garden, activating an unused space in the floodplain. Once planted, a trail with a bench will connect the new orchard to the rest of the gardens and an indoor walking path popular with older adults.
Iola, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will provide raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a solar energy kit and a heater and fan to make a community garden more accessible to community members of all ages throughout more the year.
Raymond, ME
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The Raymond Village Library hoped to create an accessible community amenity to foster intergenerational relationships. So they worked to create a community garden. Volunteers installed benches, shade structures and solar lighting, as well as a graded path and waist-high planters designed to be accessible for gardeners with disabilities. To make garden upkeep easier, they also added rain barrels and a drip irrigation system.
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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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