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St. Louis, MO
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project designed and built two areas for peaceful reflection within a community garden--one with a wooden arbor and vining fruit, the other with a fountain and Zimbabwean sculpture. Both include seating.
Casselberry, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The Hindu Society of Central Florida is a vital center of the Hindu community. However, the temple's grounds needed a facelift. IDEAS for Us upgraded landscaping in the Society's courtyard, planting 250 native plants, as well as two magnolia trees. They also installed benches and an arbor to create a self-seeding, perennial garden that society members can use throughout the year. The project helped spur a thriving garden program and laid the groundwork for expansion to the space.
Moab, UT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project provided 25 kneepads to aid the Youth Garden Project's 250 volunteers.
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Winchester, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Access to health care services
Description: This project will create and distribute a printed Quick Look Reference Guide, a one-page directory of services for older adults in the region.
Ranson, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will add heritage apple trees to a community garden, activating an unused space in the floodplain. Once planted, a trail with a bench will connect the new orchard to the rest of the gardens and an indoor walking path popular with older adults.
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