AARP Hawaii

AARP Hawai`i announced the awarding of 2023 Community Challenge grants worth $47,500 to three Hawai`i organizations – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.6 million awarded among 310 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; diversity, equity and inclusion; and more, with an emphasis on the needs of adults age 50 and older.

AARP Hawai`i welcomes former Maui County managing director Grant Chun to its Executive Council, a team of volunteers who provide strategic direction and leadership of AARP priorities in Hawai`i.

A free workshop will help caregivers with loved ones with dementia better understand the condition and learn skills to deal with challenging behaviors. The in-person workshop, sponsored by AARP Hawai`i, will be held on July 1 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Windward Community College's Akoakoa room.

Being ready to retire takes work.

Exercise your brain and your fingers and learn the Japanese art of paper folding at two free AARP Hawai`i webinars this month.

Prepare your finances to last as long as you live, even if you live to be 100. That’s the goal of free AARP Hawai`i webinars on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on June 10 and June 17.

The 2023 Legislature passed several bills to help kupuna, including legislation to help homeless kupuna get off the streets, a Safe Routes to School bill that should make streets safer for pedestrians of all ages, tax credits for some caregivers and funding for caregiver services.

AARP Hawai`i invites Hilo residents of all ages to Walk with a Doc on Sundays at 8 a.m. at Liliuokalani Gardens.

Don’t just stand on the sidelines at your next bon dance this summer.

Whether you are prepared or unprepared for a disaster, the beginning of hurricane season is a reminder for all of us to have a disaster plan and disaster kit or to refresh and restock your disaster plans and kits.