Community

Use your life experience to enrich the lives of those in your community and help however you can. Learn more about all of AARP's volunteer roles.

AARP Massachusetts is advocating for you. We're doing everything we can to make your neighborhoods, towns, cities, and rural areas great places to live for people of all ages. Massachusetts communities should have safe, walkable streets, age-friendly housing, transportation options, and opportunities for residents of all ages to stay active.

Watch the presentations from AARP Massachusetts' conferences in Hyannis & Northampton. Designing Across Decades: Building Communities for Every Age was designed to help communities plan for the future. The conference recodings focus on stakeholder engagement, housing policy, and crisis management.

With heating costs rising, you may want to look into the Massachusetts Home Energy Assistance Program. It helps people with heating bills. You may qualify and not realize it.

Governor Maura Healey (D-Massachusetts) signed legislation to allow registered nurses to practice across state lines. This is legislation AARP has fought for.

AARP Massachusetts provides presentations on a number topics related to and relevant to our older population. If you're interested in scheduling a presentation click here.

AARP Foundation Experience Corps is partnering with "Literations" to assemble literacy coaches that will help Bay State first to third graders improve their literacy in the 2024-25 School Year.

No matter where you are in your caregiving journey, these local agencies and organizations can help make things a little easier.

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Ansara is among seven people who won an AARP Purpose Prize this year. The award is given to nonprofit founders 50 and older who see a problem and create impactful solutions. Ansara's Build Health International helps build high-quality health care infrastructure in underprivileged communities around the world.