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The 2018 AARP Community Challenge is now accepting applications through May 16, 2018 to fund “quick-action” projects in communities across the country.

Making a difference doesn't stop as you age. Millions of older adults are using their experience to give back, to solve problems, and to change lives. The AARP® Purpose Prize® award honors extraordinary individuals who use their life experience to make a better future for all.

AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins penned an article about AARP's founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus. Please check out the link below to learn more about this amazing woman's story.

Please join us for a volunteer briefing on a number of key topics - net neutrality and what it means to those over 50, the latest on the budget and an overview of AARP’s caregiving efforts. Our special guests will be Cristina Martin-Firvida, Director of Financial Security and Consumer Affairs, Bob Stephen, VP of Health Security Programming, and Eric Schneidewind, AARP’s Volunteer President. As always, we’ll make sure there is time for your questions and comments!

It’s springtime in Georgia, and that means the 82nd annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival will soon be in bloom. The festival is a popular local tradition, with music, food, prizes and a marketplace featuring the works of hundreds of artists.

A recent study showed that military veterans are more likely than other Americans to be the victims of scams.

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter presented Ms. Annie Moore with the Family Caregiver of the Year Award during the 30 th Anniversary Summit for the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving in Americus, Ga.

Purpose Prize Winner Mike Weaver, founder of Weaver & Concerned Citizens of Aiken/Atlanta Now (WeCCAAN), Atlanta, Ga., is a former college professor who teaches the value of public service by bringing teens and adults together for service-learning trips to communities in need.

Learn more about the Power of Attorney law and your rights, and the rights of someone entrusted to your care at a free symposium on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Busbee Center at Gwinnett Technical College.

AARP Georgia is hosting an event in Savannah this month that celebrates the theme of Disrupt Aging, which involves changing the way society views older adults.