Silver Spring and Columbia, Maryland are among the nation’s best places to live and age, according to the newly released 2018 “ AARP Livability Index.” Developed by the AARP Public Policy Institute, the index assists community leaders, local policy makers and residents with identifying areas of priority for community development.
AARP Maryland is once again a sponsor of the exciting Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K, taking place on Sunday, June 24 at Baltimore's Rash Field. Event details here; read below to find out how to get involved with Team AARP in 2018!
4/30 UPDATE: The 2018 Spring Food Drive is complete! Thank you to all of the volunteers and those who stopped at their respective locations to donate food to less-fortunate Marylanders. View some photos from the event on Twitter. We will have an update coming soon with the total poundage of food collected, so stay tuned!
If you've been keeping up with our major projects this year, you know that we have two large-scale, volunteer-driven events on the horizon in 2018: our annual spring food drive at the end of April, and our first intergenerational playground project breaking ground in Baltimore on May 10!
Older adults with mild memory impairment (especially those with early stage Alzheimer's Disease) are needed for an ongoing research study around diet and memory at Johns Hopkins Medicine.