Kathy Keller

Volunteers will be going to Congress tomorrow to drop off the signatures of over a million AARP members, demanding that Congress keep Medicare and Social Security strong. Add your name: http://bit.ly/13IukCs

Women face unique challenges when it comes to planning for their retirement and future. Best-selling and award-winning author Jan Cullinane will provide information and the tools women need to plan for their future at presentations in Cleveland and Columbus arranged by AARP Ohio.

Find local opportunities at the Dayton Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, October 2. AARP is showcasing opportunities to make a difference with your time on your terms, whether you have five minutes or five hours to spare. Volunteers and staff from local nonprofit organizations will be available to discuss opportunities that suit your experience and interests.

Don’t miss the free health tests being delivered at the Ohio State Fair as part of the 2013 Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP. The tour has a customized health-testing bus traveling to Columbus to deliver free health screenings to adults 18 and over from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily during the first weekend of the Ohio State Fair, July 26-28.

AARP Nights at the Ballpark are back this summer by popular demand. Members can each buy up to four discounted tickets to designated AARP Nights, while supplies last, to enjoy an evening at ballparks in Dayton, Niles, Toledo and Columbus.

Following the recent storms, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning Ohioans to watch for traveling contractors who may try to take advantage of homeowners in need of assistance.

Ohio's new state budget goes into effect today, but legislative leaders have promised to work over the summer to finish business they left undone. The General Assembly failed to vote on the governor's plan to extend health coverage to some 275,000 Ohioans, including 26,000 veterans and low-wage workers whose jobs don't include health insurance. "We feel strongly that this needs to be done and done quickly," said AARP Ohio Associate State Director Bill Sundermeyer, who says a resolution could be ready by mid-August. http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/33244-2

Ohio is worse off and consumers have been harmed since enactment of SB 162, according to expert testimony delivered Tuesday by Susan M. Baldwin on behalf AARP Ohio to the Ohio General Assembly's Select Committee on Telecommunications Regulatory Reform.

Bill Sundermeyer, Associate State Director for AARP Ohio, today released this statement urging lawmakers to take action now to extend affordable health coverage:

Mike Barnhart, who volunteers as state president for AARP Ohio, and Jane Taylor, who leads staff and volunteers as state director, are meeting today in Washington, D.C., with both of Ohio’s U.S. Senators – Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman – and Speaker of the House, U.S. Rep. John Boehner of West Chester, along with five other members of Congress representing Ohioans.