John Martin

AARP Rhode Island continues to work with a coalition including the RI Women’s Fund and the Senior Agenda on a bill to establish a Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) program for caregivers similar to Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI). With TDI, there is paid time off when you are ill – with TCI it allows time off to care for a seriously ill family member. As with TDI, it is totally funded by employee contributions. The current estimate is that each employee would pay an additional 83 cents per week to fund the program.

AARP Rhode Island Visits Capitol Hill to Urge Separate Social Security

Members of the West End Community and Upper South Providence are invited to attend a new series of community suppers for the purpose of getting more people involved in activities and services at St. Martin de Porres Community Center. The event takes place the second Wednesday of the month through October. Suppers are served at 5 p.m. followed by an informational talk and live entertainment that goes until 7 p.m. A $3 donation is requested to cover the cost of food, provided by Meals on Wheels.

Summer means another opportunity to help get Rhode Island school children of to a great start of the school year. The annual Back to School Celebration -- now in its 15th year -- provides new backpacks filled with school supplies and nutritional information to some 15,000 students. The effort not only encourages learning, but helps families that struggle with back-to-school purchases.

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AARP Rhode Island's Deanna Casey was among the 2013 Earth Day Environmental Champions honored by Clean Water Action and Ocean State Action on April 26, 2013 at the Aspray Boathouse in Cranston. Casey was cited for her successful passage of a Complete Streets Bill in the RI General Assembly and other work associated with Livable Communities.

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The César Estrada Chávez Committee of Rhode Island honors AARP Rhode Island Associate State Director - Outreach Deborah Miller with the 2013 Cesar Chavez Award. She will be honored at State House ceremonies on Friday, March 29.