- Owen Thomas
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
We have been selected as a 2025 AARP Community Challenge Grantee!
ClasTran is thrilled to annouce we have been selected to receive a 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant. We are one of only 383 grantees selected (out of 3,450+ applications!) from across all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Through this grant we will provide collapsible grocery carts on buses to help older adults, individuals with disabilities, and rural residents carry more groceries in one trip, reducing the need for multiple store visits and promoting independence.
"Our riders—who for safety reasons have always been limited to carrying only items that they can personally secure in their lap (about 2 bags)—have requested this for so long, and we listened," stated Shari Spencer, Executive Director of ClasTran. "We're incredibly proud that AARP selected us for this investment. This project will allow us to increase mobility and independence for riders of all ages, especially those 60 and older who rely on us for grocery trips."
About the AARP Community Challenge
The AARP Community Challenge grant program supports projects in areas such as public places, housing, transportation, digital connectivity, community resilience, and more. In 2025, Toyota Motor North America is providing funding for pedestrian safety projects that aim to improve streets and sidewalks nationwide. Microsoft is also contributing funding for digital connections projects aimed at expanding high-speed internet (broadband) access and adoption.
This is all part of AARP's nationwide work on livable communities, which supports the efforts of neighborhoods, towns, cities, and counties across the country to become great places for all. AARP believes that communities should provide safe, walkable streets; affordable and accessible housing and transportation options; access to needed services; and opportunities for residents of all ages to participate in community life.
To learn more about the projects being funded by the AARP Community Challenge across the nation, including all 383 granted projects this year, visit AARP.org/CommunityChallenge. You can also view an interactive map of current and past AARP Community Challenge projects and AARP's Livable Communities work at AARP.org/Livable.
