Steve Hahn

RALEIGH -- Listen to "Real Life" radio this weekend and learn more about what lies ahead during this year's short session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Guests Mary Bethel of AARP, and Alexandra Sirota of the N.C. Budget and Tax Center, discuss the state budget and other big issues as they predict what policy changes may be debated or put into law by the legislature this spring. Listen to this weekend's show on the link below, or on your radio dial on one of the Real Life radio stations.

This week on "Real Life" radio, you can hear about AARP's efforts to provide African-American women with information and resources to help with family caregiving.

This Saturday is the 22 nd Anniversary of the "Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive." On May 10, in collaboration with AARP Foundation, NC Feeding America, Inc., US Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Rural Carriers Association, AFL-CIO, United Way, Campbell Soup, Publix and others, people from all over the state will be donating food to feed the hungry.

There is a growing and often silent epidemic that is touching more and more North Carolinians everyday – the burdens of family caregiving. From the financial or time strains it’s taking on people who are balancing the needs of caregiving with work or family, to the health toll it takes from the stress and uncertainty of providing the appropriate amount of care that loved ones need, caregivers often feel alone in their challenges.

RALEIGH - Older North Carolinians overwhelmingly support bipartisan legislation to combat age discrimination in the workplace, a new AARP survey shows.

By AARP NC Director Doug Dickerson

RALEIGH -- Southern Shores resident Robert Palombo has been appointed the new state president of AARP North Carolina, the state’s largest social mission organization with over 1.1 million North Carolina members.

RALEIGH -- Like the rest of the nation, North Carolinians have historically low personal savings rates that threaten the confidence people have of living securely in their retirement.

- AARPNC Members to Ask NCGA to Better Support the Needs of NC's Aging Population -

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