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Building great communities takes time – but small, tangible improvements can spark lasting change. That’s the idea behind the AARP Community Challenge, a grant program launched in 2017 to support quick-action projects that enhance livability nationwide.
Fitness coach Carl Powell, owner of Body and Brain Health in Wailuku, is offering monthly hour-long brain health webinars, each focused on a “pillar of the month” such as exercise, stress reduction, sleep or diet.
Award Honors A Founder of Kupuna Aikido for his Community Service
As more cryptocurrency ATMs pop up across the country, criminals are increasingly using the machines in fraud schemes — often targeting older Americans. AARP Hawai‘i is pushing legislation to help curb those scams.
Gayle Brown Olson, a volunteer at the nonprofit Bri's Lodge in Waite Park, helps comfort people dealing with the death of loved ones. The 74-year-old draws on the memories of her own experience after her husband and stepson died in a hunting accident in 1996. Olson received AARP's 2025 Andrus Award for Community Service.
AARP Indiana and other consumer advocates are opposing a proposed electricity rate increase by AES Indiana, which serves the Indianapolis area.
AARP Community Challenge grant applications are open until March.
Shirley Sgouros, 63, of Baltimore, is AARP Maryland’s winner of the Andrus Award for Community Service, based on her dedication to her Upper Fells Point neighborhood and its residents. From picking up trash and planting flowers, to organizing culturally rich events, she brings neighbors together to celebrate the community.
AARP Iowa is encouraging nonprofits, cities and other groups across the state to apply for this year’s AARP Community Challenge grants.
As lawmakers return to Jefferson City this month, AARP Missouri will advocate for laws and policies that help residents 50-plus. Issues include:
AARP Pennsylvania is pressing state lawmakers to enact a state-facilitated “auto IRA” program for private-sector workers without access to employer-sponsored retirement savings accounts.
AARP Vermont in 2026 will advocate for a tax credit for the state’s 70,000 family caregivers, as well as focus on cryptocurrency kiosk-related fraud to see whether lawmakers extend a moratorium on new crypto ATMs.
AARP Delaware is using a virtual bingo game to help folks learn technology, engage in their community and ... have fun.
Starting this year, municipal and school elections will be held in June or November. Previously, they were typically held in April.
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