Groups in Middle and East Tennessee can still apply this year for AARP’s Community Challenge grants

A-A-R-P’s national “Community Challenge”-program awards grants for quick-action projects that promote livable communities—with an emphasis on the needs of older residents. Applications for this year’s grants are still being accepted—until Tuesday, the 22nd. And, last year, nine organizations, throughout Tennessee, received a total of 99-thousand dollars. One of those grantees is “Rebuilding Together Nashville”; its executive-director, Kaitlin Dastugue [“das-toog”], encourages all eligible groups to apply… “Our home-repair and community-space-revitalization programs preserve affordable housing, prevent the displacement of long-term residents, and protect important community-assets. The opportunity to pursue and earn a ‘Community Challenge’-grant has made a big difference in how we’re able to serve; in fact, our grant has allowed us to make improvements to three beloved spaces in the neighborhood of ‘Bordeaux’. I am so pleased that ‘A-A-R-P’ believes in the work that we’re doing—and I strongly encourage all local organizations to apply.” To learn more, visit “a-a-r-p”-dot-org-slash-“community-challenge”.