Got alphabet?
Think you’re a good speller? Maybe even a great speller?
Have fun and challenge your mind to keep it healthy. Enter this year’s Kiwanis Kupuna Spelling Bee.
AARP announced that four organizations on Oahu, Maui and Kaua`i will receive $70,000 in 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects aimed at making communities more livable for people of all ages, with a focus on the needs of older adults. The funds will support efforts to improve public places, transportation, housing, digital connections, and other key areas.
Get information about resources and services to help you age successfully on Maui at a free AARP Hawai`i Aging in Place Workshops on Saturday morning, Aug. 24 at the Kaunoa Senior Center, 401 Alakapa Place, in Paia from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
There’s only two weeks left to nominate an outstanding individual for AARP’s most prestigious volunteer award. The deadline for the Andrus Award is September 1, 2024. AARP Hawai`i will donate $1,000 to the charity of the winner’s choice in their name.
AARP Hawai`i announced the awarding of 2024 Community Challenge grants totaling nearly $62,000 to four Hawai`i organizations. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; digital connections; preparing for disasters and improving infrastructure to feed Hawaii’s hungry families.
Sherlyn Freeman could never be sure her dad would remember to turn off the lights before bed or that he wouldn’t stumble in the dark trying to reach them in the middle of the night. At 80, he exhausted himself just getting downstairs to answer the doorbell.
On the ballot Voters will decide Saturday, Aug. 10, which candidates for U.S. Senate and House, state legislature, and some county and city offices advance to the Nov. 5 election.
A retirement that allows you to choose how you live as you age requires thought and planning. That’s why AARP Hawai`i is offering a series of free one-hour webinars Saturdays starting June 22nd on Zoom.