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Brevard, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: The project will conduct four in-person trainings on disaster planning a year after Hurricane Helene. Disaster checklists and supplies will be provided, along with a video on survivor guilt and trauma.
Chesapeake, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project will feature three hurricane preparedness sessions for senior living facilities. Displays with sample go-kits and checklists in English and Spanish will be set up in seven libraries.
Shelbyville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project offers disaster preparedness training for adults age 50-plus. Participants will learn evacuation planning, first aid, and digital alerts through hands-on workshops.
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Middleburgh, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: To make its parks and business district more accessible to a wide range of people, the Village of Middleburgh installed six benches and two multi-use tables. Village staff report those benches and tables proved useful during the COVID-19 pandemic when they provided older adults with a place for safe, outdoor activities. The project also attracted additional private and nonprofit donations for future improvements in Middleburgh and inspired plans for other accessibility projects, such as adding a wheelchair lift to the village hall.
Woodstock, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: This project will conduct five walk audits at critical intersections and sites of high commercial activity to identify safety concerns and solutions. Two community meetings will be staged to discuss the results.
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