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New Orleans, LA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: The Initiative responded to a pressing need among older adults who face hurricanes and floods but often lack clear, culturally appropriate guidance on preparing for emergencies. The group held disaster-preparedness workshops in Vietnamese and English, giving older adults practical steps for evacuation planning, medication needs and communication during storms. Participants received buckets stocked with essential items, reinforcing what they learned and helping them prepare at home. Many reported greater confidence and awareness of how to respond during disasters. Follow-up calls will help ensure plans are completed and kits are understood. The project strengthened community resilience and deepened trust with all residents.
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Bowling Green, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Low-income residents needed clear, practical steps to prepare for tornadoes, floods and fires. Many lacked a plan, supplies and a single place to keep them. Community Action delivered two trainings for AmeriCorps Senior volunteers using SBP guidance. Participants received a Disaster Resilience Toolkit plus a fire blanket, first aid kit and a three-day survival backpack. The sessions walked through what to do before, during and after an event. Early outcomes show volunteers organizing go-kits at home, with follow-up planned to check progress.
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Skokie, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: Orchard Village set out to help older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities prepare for emergencies by offering clear guidance and accessible tools. The team held disaster preparedness trainings for clients, staff and family members, creating contact books, checklists and tailored presentations. They also distributed go-bags, whistles and flashlights. They equipped each community home with a waterproof emergency kit stocked with essential items. Participants said the sessions opened their eyes to the risks they may face and motivated them to create their own go-bags. Staff reported feeling more confident supporting clients during emergencies and the improvements strengthened readiness across all homes.
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Hayfork, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: Thanks to new hygiene solutions -- including touchless water faucets and soap dispensers plexiglass dividers to protect staff and a touchless thermometer -- Hayfork was able to open its pool for the 2020 swim season despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the improvements, county public health mandates would have shuttered the pool, which is a multi-generational gathering place. Project organizers say the safety measures represented the community's high standard for pandemic response. Most of the hygiene measures remained in place at the pool for subsequent summers.
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