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Honoka’a residents Miles Okumura and Lynn Higashi have been selected by AARP, the nonprofit organization for people 50 and older, to receive the 2024 AARP Hawai`iAndrus Award for Community Service, the Association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.
The AARP Foundation is recruiting friendly and service-oriented people throughout Hawai`i to join its Tax-Aide volunteer team. Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest free, volunteer-based tax assistance and preparation program. During the 2024 tax season, almost 28,000 volunteers served over 1.7 million taxpayers. Tax-Aide participants saved more than $1.3 billion in refunds and credits.
As it advocates for a paid family-leave bill, AARP Hawai‘i is looking for personal stories about the challenges unpaid caregivers face.
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Hone your kitchen skills with AARP’s continuing Fast, Healthy & Ono cooking webinars. In April, Windward Community College’s Chef Daniel Swift will teach us the French en papillote technique (cooking in paper), how to make a Spanish Frittata, healthy crab cakes, and give us a taste of Tuscany. Master Butcher Dale Thomas will also teach us techniques for cutting and cooking a whole chicken to help stretch our food dollars.
Stretch, breathe, and meditate with AARP Hawai`i. Learn basic yoga movements in a series of free Introduction to Gentle Yoga for Older Adults webinars every Thursday at 9 a.m. through April 22.
AARP Hawai`i is holding two lunch-time forums in March to connect kupuna with high-ranking state officials who can answer their questions about the COVID-19 vaccine in Hawai`i.
Applications are currently being accepted through Wednesday, April 14,
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AARP Hawai’i is offering a series of free virtual workshops aimed at helping people make smart financial decisions so that they can realize their retirement goals.
There are new tax benefits for many küpuna 65 and older
AARP and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation (EDF) announced that a new Respite Relief Program for Military and Veteran Caregivers is going nationwide in 2021. This free program grants family caregivers access to no-cost, short-term assistance to help those caring for wounded, ill or injured veterans or service members at home .
AARP Hawai`i’s popular Fast, Healthy and Ono cooking webinars continue in March with recipes and live instruction for dishes ranging from seared ahi to a butchery lesson on beef ribs to Mexican and Korean rice bowls.
Kupuna who have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine can register for an AARP Hawai`i Zoom webinar with the state Department of Health on Friday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.
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