AARP Colorado

During the summer, when the kids are out of school, do you feel like your grandkids rule your roost? Jewish Family Services (JFS) has created a series of events that will allow you to meet other grandparents who care for their grandkids during the summer, and take this opportunity to get out of the house for a grand time!

Sunday, April 14th. 7:30 p.m. DENVER

SCORE, – www.score.org - mentors to America’s small businesses, and has teamed up with Sam’s Club to provide day-long events filled with marketing workshops, resources and mentoring for small business owners seeking to expand their ventures. The second “Marketing Your Business for Growth” event will take place in Denver on April 3, 2013 and is made possible by more than $500,000 in grants provided by Sam’s Club to fund educational workshops for American entrepreneurs.

Foreign lottery scams come from dozens of countries, but many of them originate in Jamaica and are aimed at older, home-bound victims.

AARP Colorado wants you to support SB 13-127 (sponsored by Sen. Lucia Guzman and Rep. Dianne Primavera), a sales-tax revenue to benefit the Older Coloradans Cash Fund.

A ARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service, has several locations throughout the state to assist low- to moderate-income, with a particular focus on people 50 and over, in filing taxes.

AARP Colorado wants you to support SB 13-127 (Sen. Lucia Guzman and Rep. Dianne Primavera), a sales-tax revenue to benefit the Older Coloradans Cash Fund.

Did you know that more than 3 million workers age 50-plus are looking for full-time employment?

Cesar Chavez, along with Delores Huerta, founded the United Farmworkers Union of America in 1962. Chavez left a legacy of nonviolence, grass-roots organizing, and he is responsible for numerous labor improvements today.

It’s not uncommon for the AARP Foundation Housing Impact Team to receive letters, emails, and occasionally telephone calls from people age 50+ who are having trouble with their mortgage or may be facing foreclosure. After all, between 2007 and 2011 the foreclosure rate among people 50+ increased over 800 percent.