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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Public places
└ Public space activation
└ Public space activation
This project will install a StoryWalk which will allows families to go from one post to another while reading pages of a story together. It will provide parents and grandparents a way to introduce children to reading while getting exercise.
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