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Memphis, TN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will provide basic computer skills training for older residents of South City and surrounding neighborhoods. The training will serve working older adults who want to advance their careers.

Waynesboro, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project enabled the library to purchase 11 GrandPads, a tablet designed for older adults that they made available for checking out, just like books. It also supported computer classes and a special staff member to provide tech support.

San Juan, PR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will equip a technology room with tablets to promote digital literacy for older adults. The space will host classes on internet access and the use of electronic devices and websites.

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Kaneohe, HI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: The Rotary Club engaged contractors and volunteers to clean up a 35,000-square-foot gravel lot on Aloha Drive that had become an eyesore. Volunteers worked with landscape architects to plant hundreds of shrubs and thousands of smaller plants throughout the lot, creating a pocket park. Leveraging a range of funding resources, organizers transformed the space into a community oasis they have dubbed Centennial Park.

Pearl City, HI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will transform a vacant lot into a garden and gathering space with raised vegetable beds and citrus orchards. The space will host educational workshops and concerts, which will welcome residents of all ages.

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