Town of Summerton with SC Uplift Community Outreach Print

star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Community Health and Economic Empowerment
To support the growing healthcare needs of their community including older adults, students at a local college will set out to design a mobile health clinic using repurposed shipping containers.

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Student's model for shipping container medical clinic.
Student's model for shipping container medical clinic.
Student's model for shipping container medical clinic.

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Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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