When she was an oncology nurse, Amelia Schachter spent many frustrating hours on the phone with insurance companies, trying to get authorization for her patients to receive lifesaving drugs.
AARP Wyoming has awarded Sheridan resident Jack Wood the 2024 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service—the organization’s top state-level volunteer honor.
Advocacy volunteers will head to Frankfort on Thursday, Feb. 20, for AARP Kentucky’s annual Lobby Day in the Capitol. During one-on-one meetings with lawmakers, volunteers will discuss AARP Kentucky’s legislative priorities and share personal stories.
The Iowa Legislature’s 2025 session kicks off on Monday, Jan. 13, and AARP is seeking volunteers to urge lawmakers to enact policies to help improve the lives of older residents throughout the state.
Maudie Scott’s view of what constitutes a community—its scars, attributes and potential—started taking shape when, at age 10, she joined her sharecropper parents in harvesting South Carolina tobacco. The field owner’s children, who were white, also gathered leaves during the fall harvest.