Avenidas Wins $25k Grant from Inspire Mountain View

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Palo Alto, CA (May 5, 2017) Avenidas was awarded a $25,000 grant from Inspire Mountain View for having a proposal that most inspired public voters to make Mountain View a more compassionate and equitable community, and a better place to live and work. The proposal is for the Avenidas Generations Lab to provide older adults and their families in Mountain View with technology to aid them in living independently and with dignity.

“The core of what our Avenidas Generations Lab program does is encourage older adults to explore, engage, and shape technology,” states Avenidas CEO Amy Andonian. “We want to break down barriers and get more people living better thanks to technology, and this grant will allow us to reach many more people and affect many more lives for the better,” she concludes.

The Avenidas Generations Lab was one of 40 proposals that Inspire Mountain View Challenge received. From that, a panel of judges selected 18 finalists for public voting. Public voting ran for three weeks in April, during which several thousand registered votes were cast.

About Avenidas

Avenidas is a non-profit agency that operates a senior center in Palo Alto, an adult day health program in Mountain View, and an aging-in-place membership program.

People 50+ can come to Avenidas for Lifelong learning and leisure activities, health and wellness services, transportation, social work services, handyman services and volunteering opportunities.

Located at 450 Bryant Street in downtown Palo Alto, Avenidas will be temporarily relocating to the Cubberley Community Center beginning Sept. 5, 2017, for approximately 18 months.

For more information, visit www.avenidas.org.