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Memphis, TN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: Many older adults in the Hollywood community lacked clear guidance on how to prepare for disasters, leaving households without plans and uncertainty about insurance coverage. Center for Transforming Communities addressed this gap through two preparedness sessions that walked residents through local risks, insurance basics and practical planning steps. Participants created household disaster plans and discussed the supplies they would need to respond more effectively. One resident said, "I liked the way you broke it down. I understood what you were talking about. It helped me go home and make these changes." Another participant contacted her insurance provider after learning about common coverage gaps. Follow-up check-ins are planned to help residents keep plans current, reinforcing preparedness over time.

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Athens, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: Training for Hub staff and volunteers, along with two public sessions, will share disaster preparedness guidance. Preparedness kits will support outreach during regular home visits.

Lake Dallas, TX

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: Multiple disaster preparedness training sessions and bilingual checklists will support emergency readiness among older library patrons. An online resource hub will extend access to preparedness information.

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East Pittsburgh, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: An underused neighborhood space will be transformed into an accessible community garden. The garden will offer older adults better access to fresh food, safe outdoor activity and a place to gather and connect with others.

Pittsburgh, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: Grounded Strategies transformed a vacant lot in Pittsburgh's Central Hill District into a community garden. The organization relied on what is calls its ReClaim Ambassador model, which connects experts with vulnerable communities to repurpose vacant land and revitalize neighborhoods. To create the Peace, Love and Friendship Garden, the ambassador for this project worked with corporate donors, volunteers and nonprofit partners. Meant to offset the closure of a local grocery store, the garden features 72 raised beds where residents can grow vegetables. Grounded Strategies is now working with partner organization Grow Pittsburgh to create programming for the space.

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