Anita Parran

Tomorrow is the 26th anniversary of Earth Day - a day intended to inspire awareness and appreciate our environment.Why was Earth Day started? Organizers wanted to respond to a massive oil spill in waters near Santa Barbara, CA in 1969. Today we continue to hold reverence for our earth.

In honor of National Volunteer Week, AARP's Office of Volunteer Engagement is sharing stories about volunteers from across the country. In Missouri, Marvin Sands is being heralded as a Utilities Volunteer.

If you live in the Jefferson City area, you have an opportunity to refresh your driving skills with the AARP Smart Driver Course sponsored by AARP Chapter #4401. The course teaches defensive driving techniques, shares proven safety strategies, and provides updates on new traffic laws and rules of the road.

Disrupt Aging challenges outdated beliefs and sparks new solutions so more people can choose how they shoud live and age. Disrupt Aging is a guide to living your life fully at every age.

Cars have changed...and so have traffic rules, driving conditions and the roads we drive on every day.

Stealing your ID, Stealing your Life: Using small bits of information found in your car, or your mailbox, con artists can steal your identity and your life.

More than 1,270,000 family caregivers in Missouri help their loved ones to live independently - keeping them out of costly institutions, such as nursing homes. To help Missouri caregivers, AARP has advocated for state lawmakers to enact the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act and help family caregivers as their loved ones go into the hospital and as they transition home.

It’s Free Movie Night in Springfield!

Congratulations to AARP Missouri Executive Council member Sherrill Wayland who recently received the Washington University-George Warren Brown School of Social Work Distinguished Alumni Award On March 1. The award honors the School’s remarkable alumni who create a positive change for people around the globe. Each year, the school community celebrates the accomplishments of alumni who have demonstrated the highest level of professional achievement in the field of social work and public health.

It’s all about you!