AARP Hawaii

AARP Hawai`i announced the awarding of 2024 Community Challenge grants totaling nearly $62,000 to four Hawai`i organizations. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; digital connections; preparing for disasters and improving infrastructure to feed Hawaii’s hungry families.

Sherlyn Freeman could never be sure her dad would remember to turn off the lights before bed or that he wouldn’t stumble in the dark trying to reach them in the middle of the night. At 80, he exhausted himself just getting downstairs to answer the doorbell.

AARP resource connects Hawai`i’s veterans to adapted housing grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

On the ballot Voters will decide Saturday, Aug. 10, which candidates for U.S. Senate and House, state legislature, and some county and city offices advance to the Nov. 5 election.

A retirement that allows you to choose how you live as you age requires thought and planning. That’s why AARP Hawai`i is offering a series of free one-hour webinars Saturdays starting June 22nd on Zoom.

Annual Award Recognizes Volunteers Who Make a Powerful Difference

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It’s never too early to start retirement planning.

On the cusp of hurricane season, AARP Hawai`i is encouraging residents, especially kupuna and caregivers, to have an emergency plan and assisting Manoa to become disaster resilient by providing walkie talkies to Manoa residents willing to be part of an emergency communications network.

The caller, claiming to be a lieutenant in the Honolulu Police Department, frightened her, says Manoa resident Jody Mishan. He told her in a stern voice that this was an urgent matter and there was a bench warrant for her arrest for failing to show up for jury duty.