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AARP Grants Help Relieve Hunger

The annual AARP Community Challenge has funded food-access projects in places large and very small

AARP Community Challenge grants help fund food-access projects in places large and very small

Food distribution programs in (top row) Alliance, Ohio; Seymour, Indiana; Dora, Alabama; and (bottom row) Munich, North Dakota; Jackson, Tennessee; and Sonoma, California

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Munich, North Dakota (population 190), risked becoming a food desert.

Alliance, Ohio (population 21,525), had already become one.

AARP Community Challenge grants helped create grocery options in both communities, one rural, one urban.

AARP grants also helped alleviate hunger in Dora, Alabama (population 2,255); Seymour, Indiana (population 21,666); Jackson, Tennessee (population 68,264); and Sonoma County, California (population 481,812).

Read about the projects:

A Self-Serve Market Serves Munich, North Dakota

Community Refrigerators Are Kept Stocked in Jackson, Tennessee

'Farmacy Carts' Provide Fresh Produce in Sonoma County, California

A Nonprofit Grocery Store Opens in Alliance, Ohio

A Food Pantry in Seymour, Indiana, Adds Shelter From the Weather

Shelving and Shopping Carts Deliver Food in Dora, Alabama

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