Volunteering

As we continue our bimonthly e-newsletter in 2013, we’ve learned that our chapter members continue to raise money for good causes, increase chapter membership and also experience life’s ups-and-downs.

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.

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