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Westminster, MD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Many older adults living independently had little emergency preparedness information or supplies, leaving them uncertain about how they would respond during an unexpected event. Caring Carroll addressed this need by assembling and delivering more than 100 personal emergency preparedness kits to residents age 60-plus. Volunteers paired these supplies with practical guidance during rides and visits, helping preparedness become part of routine support rather than a one-time message. Training increased awareness among both volunteers and care receivers, many of whom had never considered personal emergency planning. Residents reported feeling more confident knowing they had basic tools and someone looking out for them. Residents reached out after these kits were delivered to show their thanks, underscoring how the project strengthened trust, reassurance and a sense of security for older adults aging in place.
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Dale, TX
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Two bilingual disaster preparedness trainings will help residents prepare for severe storms. Participants will receive go‑bag items and support for emergency alert enrollment.
Monroe Township, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Disaster preparedness trainings will serve older adults living in nearby communities. Participants will receive checklists and starter emergency supply kits.
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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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