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JUL 22, 2025
A new AARP survey, released in conjunction with Social Security’s 90th anniversary, confirms that Americans highly value Social Security, and even more so than five years ago. The vast majority of Americans – 95% of Republicans, 98% of Democrats, and 93% of Independents – consider Social Security vital to the financial security of all Americans, and 67% believe it is even more important for retirees than it was five years ago.
JUN 26, 2025
AARP Colorado is excited to announce that the state office is now accepting applications to join its Executive Council, a volunteer leadership role and experience.
JUN 23, 2025
Most of us consider perennials when we think of plants that are great pollinators. Several annuals make great pollinator plants. There is a wide selection in both color and variety to satisfy almost any gardener. Some reseed themselves.
JUN 18, 2025
Eight organizations across Colorado are getting a boost in their work to become more livable for residents of all ages.
Workshop One: SELLING YOUR SELF
So I’m leaving one of my favorite neighborhood garden stores, and once again, for about the third year in a row, (no pun intended,) I think about planting a garden. Not a big garden, but something that would yield me some of the summer harvest I so enjoy. I think about my grandmother having a garden and so did my mother. I remember collard and turnip greens, squash, red, yellow and green peppers, and my favorite, cabbage. At Sunday dinner, if we ran out of tomatoes, someone would volunteer to make a trip to the grocery store and my grandmother would say, “No need to do that, just go out back to the garden and pick two or three, and while you are at it, pull up some onions too…”
Blog by CJay Smith, CEC
Blog by Jane Barton
AARP members and their guests may receive discounted admission to the Winter Park Jazz Festival July 19 and 20 in Hideaway Park in Winter Park, Colo. All gates open at 10 a.m. Music starts at noon and ends at 6 p.m. on both days.
By A.J. White
AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to House Budge Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY2015 budget proposal:
The 37th Annual Rocky Mountain Senior Games June 4-8, 2014
You’re walking your dog on a fine spring day, enjoying the exercise and the warmer weather, when your dog spots another dog walking straight toward you. Your dog begins to bark, pulls at the leash, lunges for the other dog, acting as though he’s ready for a fight. What do you do?
Your reliable landline phone service is at risk. The Colorado Legislature is considering four bills that could:
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