Duluth, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: Three training sessions will teach families how to make their homes safer for all ages. Multilingual outreach will expand access to practical home safety guidance.

Brookhaven, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities

Description: Immigrant communities along Buford Highway face barriers like language isolation and limited access, leaving older adults disconnected from resources and cultural engagement. To address this, the project installed a painted newsstand as a permanent hub for multilingual newsletters and hosted an open-street event with story-sharing and health services. The event gathered 41 new stories and provided screenings, vaccines and essentials to hundreds of families. The initiative created a lasting platform for cultural storytelling and trust-building. A project organizer noted that the project inspired a mother and daughter to share touching stories and helped open an emotional conversation about their hopes for the future.

Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.