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Wayland, MA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will support aging in place through home safety trainings for older adults. The Council will also install grab bars in several homes and attendees will receive motion-sensing night lights.

Portland, OR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will educate older adults about home modifications during outreach events at Portland-area senior centers, with a focus on residents who speak little or no English. ReFIT will also install grab bars in homes.

Rocky Mount, VA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will complete at least 10 home safety and accessibility modifications, allowing homeowners to age-in-place safely.

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Lake Placid, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Inclusive civic engagement efforts

Description: This project created a website for an ongoing series of local stories about social justice and activism. Additionally, John Brown Lives! created a story booth, which it installed at the John Brown Farm Historic Site. The booth allows visitors to record their stories, which the nonprofit can then share with the community.

Poultney, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Improved wayfinding

Description: This project in support of the Poultney River Loop will enable the creation of new maps, kiosks, wayfinding posts and blazes to enhance navigability. These improvements aim to create a safer and more inclusive trail experience.

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