2024 AARP Challenge Grant Recipient Appalshop

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the AARP Challenge Grant on Appalshop's mission to enhance community livability.

With this year's major investment, across the eight years of the program (2017-2024) AARP has invested $20.1million through over 1,700 grants to make communities more livable. Interim Executive Director Tiffany Studivant and Operations Director Roger May discuss how being a grantee helps build even more momentum for Appalshop's mission which includes livability for residents of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. This grant is even more timely given the small town of Jenkins (20...

People in this episode

Host: Dale Josey

Guests: Tiffany Studivant, Roger May

Topics covered

• AARP Challenge Grant
• community livability
• Appalshop
• grants
• small towns
• intergenerational support

Keywords

• AARP
• grants
• Appalshop
• community livability
• Tiffany Studivant
• Roger May
• Jenkins
• intergenerational support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AARP, Appalshop

Places: Jenkins

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