Kathy Keller

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AARP was founded on the simple premise that no one should have to live in a chicken coop.

AARP Driver Safety is celebrating Older Americans Month by offering a $5 online course to AARP members and non-members from May 1 through May 31, 2013. The course normally costs $15.95 for AARP members and $19.95 for nonmembers.

Earth Day events at the Dayton Garden Station saw all of its beds prepared for planting. Last year a crew of AARP volunteers built nine raised vegetable beds at the Dayton Garden Station and now they are ready to claim for the season.

Jane Taylor, state director for AARP Ohio, released the following statement this morning in reaction to the Ohio House of Representatives’ vote to keep the issue of extending health coverage to Ohioans in low-wage jobs without health insurance before lawmakers as they debate our state’s next biennium budget:

If you’re ready to explore something new, move on or change direction, AARP can help.

In 2011, Cincinnati AARP member LaDonna Pope inspired the creation of neighborhood “giving gardens.” Today, several neighborhoods have giving gardens -- where AARP members and community gardeners work together to grow fresh produce for nearby homebound seniors.

Bill Sundermeyer, state government affairs associate state director for AARP Ohio, released the following statement this morning:

We need to act now to convince Ohio lawmakers to choose people over politics and extend health coverage to low-wage working Ohioans.

AARP volunteers are at the Ohio Statehouse today, meeting with their state legislators about issues that matter to midlife and older Ohioans, and their families. Among the issues our citizen lobbyists are discussing with elected leaders is Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to expand Medicaid to cover midlife Ohioans who have lost jobs or are working in low-wage jobs without insurance coverage.