Upcoming Events, Webinars, and More from AARP Massachusetts

🔥Hot days, cool events—see what’s in store this summer! 🔥

Get ready to make the most of summer, from engaging webinars to lively in-person sessions, AARP Massachusetts has something for everyone. Don't miss out on these opportunities to learn, connect, and grow. Sign up today and make the most of this vibrant season!

All About Social Security and Medicare
Saturday, July 12 at 8:30 AM–12:00 PM
Thinking about retirement? Join us in Fitchburg for a free workshop that covers how to make smart decisions about Social Security and Medicare—from when to claim benefits to understanding healthcare costs, enrollment, and avoiding common mistakes. You’ve worked hard for your money—now let’s make sure you get the most out of it.
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Royall House & Slave Quarters
Wednesday, July 16 at 10:00 AM
Take a guided tour this summer of the Royall House and Slave Quarters, the site of a former northern plantation. Though only two acres today, this property was once over five hundred acres and the residence of the Royall family, the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts history. Throughout their nearly forty-year tenure in Medford from 1737 to 1775, the Royalls enslaved some sixty people, women, men, and children, whose bondage made the family’s luxurious lifestyle possible.
As one of the only remaining freestanding quarters where enslaved people lived and labored in the North, the museum bears witness to the intertwined stories of wealth and bondage in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts and to the resistance and political and legal activism of enslaved and free Black people in the eighteenth century. The museum’s tours focus on the lives and experiences of the enslaved people who once lived on this property.
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Shred It: Eliminating Sensitive Documents
Saturday, July 19 from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Join us for Shred It: Securely dispose of your sensitive documents and protect your privacy. Bring your paperwork and watch as it gets safely shredded on-site, ensuring your confidential information stays out of the wrong hands. Don't miss this opportunity to safeguard your identity!
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Trivia Game: History of Concord, Massachusetts
Tuesday, July 22 at Noon
Join us for an exciting trivia game taking you through the history of Concord, Massachusetts. Complete with interactive presentation, join this chance to learn, laugh, and win!
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Introduction to Volunteering
Wednesday, August 13 at Noon
At our Introduction to Volunteering with AARP Massachusetts, we will share information about the various opportunities to get engaged as a volunteer with our state office. Bring your questions to this quick 30 minute online session and learn directly from our volunteers about what programs we offer. You must register to get the Zoom link emailed to you. These sessions will be provided every month so if you miss this one you can join the next.
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Indigenous People of Concord, Massachusetts
Tuesday, August 19 at Noon
For over 10,000 years the indigenous people of the land knew this area as Musketaquid. The land between the grassy rivers. We explore the history of the first people and how they lived in a land of abundance seeking to keep and foster balance with the natural world, their mother, who sustained them always. What happened when cultures collided after European fur traders came and then English settlers in the 17th century will be discussed as we examine how those events shape the world of the indigenous people of Massachusetts today
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AARP Days at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
AARP members and up to 5 of their guests can gain free admission to the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, located in Boylston. You can register for more than one day.
Registration requires an email address for each guest. The entire group of up to six people can meet up at the front desk of the visitor center and mention the code “FUN50” to gain access. Please then stop by the AARP table to officially log your attendance with us and you will receive a small gift (while supplies last).
Saturday, September 6 Click Here to Register
Tuesday, September 9 Click Here to Register
Tuesday, September 30 Click Here to Register

Missed an event? Check out @aarpmassachusetts on YouTube. We record most of our presentations.