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Lawrence, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will enlarge a community garden next to an affordable housing community. Four raised beds will ensure accessibility for residents with disabilities, as well as for older volunteers. Excess produce will be donated to local food banks.
Potomac, MD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will provide ergonomic tools at a local food pantry's gardening space, allowing volunteers of all ages and abilities to grow fresh produce.
Houston, TX
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will turn vacant land into a community garden with eight raised beds. It will focus on growing vegetables common in Southeast Asian cuisine that are hard to find in supermarkets and grocery stores in Houston.
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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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