Building great communities takes time – but small, tangible improvements can spark lasting change. That’s the idea behind the AARP Community Challenge, a grant program launched in 2017 to support quick-action projects that enhance livability nationwide.
Fitness coach Carl Powell, owner of Body and Brain Health in Wailuku, is offering monthly hour-long brain health webinars, each focused on a “pillar of the month” such as exercise, stress reduction, sleep or diet.
As more cryptocurrency ATMs pop up across the country, criminals are increasingly using the machines in fraud schemes — often targeting older Americans. AARP Hawai‘i is pushing legislation to help curb those scams.
Learn to create spice packets to make Fast, Healthy and Ono South American favorites like empanadas, lamb chops with chimichurri sauce, Brazilian chicken and vegetables and arroz con camarones (shrimp rice) when AARP Hawai`i’s popular Fast, Healthy & Ono cooking webinars resume in February.
AARP launched the AARP Veterans and Military Spouses Job Center, a new digital platform bringing together valuable information and resources to help Hawai`i’s 112,625 veterans and military spouses compete in today’s job market. The job center includes a new Veterans Career Advantage Course to build on career planning and skills development to help navigate the job market.
AARP Hawai‘i recognized AARP volunteer leader and veterans advocate Vicki Franco with the Andrus Award for Community Service -- the organization’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.
AARP Hawai‘i announced that Reverend Tad Iwata of Tenrikyo Honolulu-ko Church was named a runner-up in AARP’s “Show Your Love” Volunteer Contest. An arm of AARP’s Create the Good® program, “Show Your Love” recognizes continuing volunteerism and service in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Princeville, Kauai — AARP Hawai`i, the Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay, and the Princeville at Hanalei Community Association are pleased to open an AARP-Sponsored Outdoor Fitness Park on Kaua`i’s North Shore, a long-term investment in the health of residents.
Learn the recipes for festive, Fast, Healthy and Ono meals for holiday get-togethers in November and December with AARP Hawai`i and Windward Community College Chef Dan Swift.
AARP Hawai`i is celebrating and supporting family caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month in November with art, exercise and virtual workshops to help caregivers better take care of themselves and others.
Medicare changes every year, which means it can get a little complicated when trying to understand what’s new for you. Join us for a free webinar where we’ll discuss the key takeaways from this year’s Medicare changes and what they may mean for your benefits.