Mark Hornbeck

AARP Foundation is looking to build its team of tax-loving volunteers in Michigan. About 275 volunteers are needed at most Tax-Aide sites from Metro Detroit to the Upper Peninsula.

AARP Michigan will highlight six artists over age 50 at the Women's City Club during ArtPrizeSeven in Grand Rapids from Sept. 23-Oct. 11.

"Elaine was a vibrant, hard-working Mom whose life was taken too early due to complications from Alzheimer's.Our last few years were very difficult as we moved through the stages of the disease, but we hung in there and did the best we could to make her safe and comfortable. We made sure that we told her we loved her several times each and every day."

From Boomers Rock radio talk show host Tom Matt:

AARP Michigan and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will celebrate the important role grandparents play in families at Grandparents Day on Sunday, Sept. 13, the date of the national holiday.

The City of Lansing officially joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities Thursday, an important step in preparing to accommodate a rapidly aging population.

A six-week class sponsored by Senior Neighbors and AARP Michigan will help older adults make nutritional choices to support improved heart and bone health, as well as general health and mobility.

Washington, DC – Americans of all ages continue to have strong feelings of support for Social Security, according to results of an AARP survey released this week as we celebrate the 80 th Anniversary of Social Security on August 14, 2015.

FolkGalore Festival 2015, a two-day music event in Jackson, will rock downtown on Aug. 28-29.

AARP Michigan took part in a two-day “livable communities” event on Capital Avenue in downtown Lansing on July 28-29. The intent was to demonstrate the benefits of a friendlier pedestrian environment and encourage greater use of public space.