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Wadesboro, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project provided people 50-plus with training in technology, led by volunteers. Each participant received a tablet and laptop that could be taken home. The tablets became theirs to keep after the six-week program.

New York City, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will recruit teenagers to teach digital skills to older adults. The initiative will help participants use the internet to conduct business, obtain benefits and reduce social isolation.

International Falls, MN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: The county will engage high school students to teach digital skills to older adult residents and veterans. A local business will provide low-cost, used laptops loaded with software, which participants can keep after the training.

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San Francisco, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: When the Florence Fang Asian Community Garden opened in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood in 2014, it focused on serving Asian immigrant elders and filled a need for green space and fresh food. This project expanded the garden, adding 3,000 square feet of gardening space and making it the second largest urban farm in San Francisco. The additional space allowed gardeners to try new techniques -- such as row planting -- that increased the garden's yields. Additionally, organizers upgraded the garden's compost system and set up beehives to help with pollinating crops. The larger harvest allowed garden organizers to distribute four tons of produce annually to local families in needs, including culturally relevant foods such as bok choy and Chinese chives.

San Francisco, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Three walk audits will evaluate the safety and walkability of sidewalks and crosswalks in San Francisco's Little Chinatown neighborhood. Chinese-speaking volunteers will participate in the audits and attend meetings with city officials to discuss the results.

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