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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.
Savings Possible Thanks to the Prescription Drug Law Championed by AARP
Acting State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble and Lt. Gov. Josh Green will answer kupuna questions on the COVID-19 vaccine at a live telephone forum sponsored by AARP Hawai`i on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 9 a.m.
AARP Hawai`i’s popular Fast, Healthy and Ono cooking webinars are back with recipes and live instruction for baking bread to making Mexican and Korean rice bowls to creating somen noodle nest pupus.
Want to learn how to keep your brain healthy? Turn up the music, sing and dance.
Are you family caregiver? There’s an app for that. Actually, there are many apps to help with everything from making sure your loved one is taking the pills and other medications regularly to finding paid caregiving help Technology can also help caregivers monitor loved ones from afar and notify caregivers when someone falls or is in trouble.
Paul Nishimura retired early, at age 57. But while he didn’t want to work, he didn’t want to just stay at home watching TV either.
Financial security is important in retirement, but not everyone has a pension or 401(k). Some 216,000 Hawai`i residents, about half of the state’s private-sector workforce, have no way to save through their jobs.
During World War II, ground troops called paratroopers sky blossoms and when they saw the parachutes, the troops knew help was arriving.
Because the pandemic recession dramatically increased food insecurity, especially for older adults, AARP Hawaii responded to a request from officials to harness existing and new resources to ensure that those in need receive enough to eat.
Henry Kapono will perform a free online concert in honor of veterans and military families on Saturday, November 28 at 5 p.m. The concert can be seen via a Zoom link and simulcast on the AARP Hawai`i Facebook page.
AARP Hawai‘i is offering free Caregiver Wednesday webinars to provide valuable information and resources for caregivers on Zoom every Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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