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Philadelphia, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: The Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association launched an intergenerational Elders' Story Cafe program in Mifflin Park, one of the South Philadelphia's few green spaces. Refugee and immigrant elders -- with interpreters on hand -- shared the story of their journey to Philadelphia with a multigenerational audience. The program provided an opportunity for local youth to gain a sense of pride and identity from the elders' stories while the elders, in turn, gained a forum in which to feel a valued part of the community.
Hillsborough, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project installed a covered bench, community bulletin board and flower planters in the downtown area.
Cheyenne, WY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Expansion and enhancement of transportation options
Description: This project supplied diverse forms of transportation to veterans and their families.
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Newport, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project turned a vacant lot into a dog park and community garden, both fully ADA accessible, with walkways, benches and raised-bed gardens.
Claremont, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Accessibility of amenities
Description: The Claremont Opera House will upgrade its obsolete assisted listening devices so that patrons with hearing challenges can fully appreciate the music, theater, movie and lecture events on stage.
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