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AARP Foundation Tax Aide Program has finished a third successful year of providing a valuable service to the low income Spanish speaking community in the Denver metro area. Located at Centro San Juan Diego a community center of the Denver Archdiocese, the Tax Aide site is the only one in the state focused primarily on serving Spanish monolinguals. Volunteer tax preparers at the site provided tax preparation services to approximately 230 clients this tax season almost double the number served during the first year the site opened.

Once again, AARP Colorado is working with The GLBT Center and Pets Are Wonderful Support (P.A.W.S.) Colorado to provide for the companion animals of older adults, people with disabilities and those facing life-challenging illnesses.

AARP would like you to know of a volunteer opportunity at Foothills Art Center, as a Gallery Volunteer for the Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist exhibition. No experience or art knowledge is necessary! Morning & afternoon shifts are available, including weekends. Please contact info@foothillsartcenter.org , or call 303.279.3922, ext. 22 to learn more or sign up.

AARP would like you to know that the Loveland Senior Advisory Board will host a citizen forum on Thursday, May 2, 2013, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Chilson Senior Center. The forum is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Spring has arrived, and con artists use this time of year to give new life to common scams.

One of the greatest Track and Field athletes, Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, once said “Age is no barrier. It’s the limitations you put on your mind”. AARP would like you to know that on June 5-9, 2013 over 800 participating athletes over the age of 50 will meet at the Greeley Senior Activity Center for the 36th annual Rocky Mountain Senior Games, to put their lifelong training, preparation, and hard work to the test. They will compete in multiple events including: track, cycling, power walking, pickleball, tennis, pool and many other events over five days of competition. Results from the events will determine whether or not the athletes will qualify for the National Senior Games held in Cleveland, OH in July 2013. These seniors will prove that their age has no barrier and that they too, can continue to live out their dreams.

Over the past 12 years nearly 800 tons of food has been collected through Feed Colorado and donated to Volunteers of America’s City Harvest Food Bank. The food donated to City Harvest provides the basic - and the most plentiful - supply of shelf-stable foods received from any source. In 2011 over 65,000 households donated food to the drive.

Blog by Jane Barton

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!