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Pittsburgh, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities

Description: This project interviewed older residents about Lawrenceville's history and their firsthand experiences in the neighborhood. Lawrenceville United made those stories available on a history website and displayed them through public art.

Springfield, TN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities

Description: The project will support a Reading Across Robertson bus that will provide older residents and school students with access to library books and intergenerational activities.

Chula Vista, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities

Description: To honor community elders and bring awareness to the value of older adults in the community, the City of Chula Vista invited older residents to submit photographs and stories of their lives. They then selected several to adorn banners, which the City displayed on light posts along major streets. Additionally, the banners included the URL for a website where residents can read the featured stories and find age-friendly resources. This program ensures that the older adults in our lives know that they are appreciated for the important role they have in our community, Mayor Mary Casillas Salas said.

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Fulton, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: The grant will enable volunteers to create a community garden by planting flowers, weeding and watering garden plots and putting up colorful banners around a neglected gazebo.

Cortland, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will provide home safety training focused on the needs of older adults. Participants will also receive low-cost home safety products.

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