AARP Delaware presented a sponsorship of $10,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware in celebration of AARP's National Day of Service. AARP has been a longtime advocate for combating hunger through numerous initiatives. Nationwide, AARP state offices chose a service project to honor the spirit of service and remembrance by participating in the National Day of Service.
Planning ahead for the transfer of your property is one of the best gifts you can give your family—peace of mind. But what happens when a Delaware homeowner passes away without a valid will? The result can be a “tangled title”, when the name of the person living in the home is not on the deed.
Four Delaware nonprofits received 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants totaling $37,500 to help fund quick-turnaround projects aimed at making communities more livable.
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.
AARP Delaware is looking for volunteers to help achieve positive social change through public policy advocacy, digital media and community service—all while making friends and having fun.
The city of Newport has plans to become more accessible, walkable, beautiful, and livable in years to come. Newport is partnering with New Castle County to become the first transit-friendly Complete Community Enterprise District (CCED) in Delaware.
AARP Communications Volunteer Eunice LaFate has spent her career in art creating images that illustrate the struggles of women and empowering them to keep seeking for more. Her art is on display at her gallery in Wilmington. Paintings like “Women Balancing the World” (pictured) were meant to motivate and encourage women at all stages of life.
AARP applauded Congress for passing the bipartisan Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The legislation, endorsed by AARP, is designed to address the pervasive increase and growing problem of scams and financial exploitation that threaten all Americans, and older Americans in particular.
Retirement requires solid financial planning, and that means building a comfortable nest egg. Yet more than 147,000 workers in the First State have no access to an employer- sponsored retirement plan.