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SEP 1, 2025
Eleven North Carolina entities received 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants for projects focused on either bike or pedestrian safety. They include Bike Durham, which is using its $15,000 grant to support an Oct. 5 event that will close a 1.2-mile stretch of downtown Durham’s streets to vehicles.
AUG 26, 2025
GREENSBORO, NC — With health being such an important aspect of successful aging, AARP North Carolina is proud to announce that Anita Chesney, EdD, MPH, RN, has been appointed to its’ Executive Council.
AUG 22, 2025
Residents of North Carolina have to be ready for all kinds of disasters––hurricanes, wildfires, floods––and their attendant woes, including prolonged power outages. You’ll want to pack a to-go bag before a disaster, not in the middle of one. Consider these items and add more for your own situation.
AUG 18, 2025
You’ll want to pack a to-go bag before a disaster, not in the middle of one. Consider these items and add more for your own situation.
Find free online and in-person local events designed with you in mind. Discover fun exercise classes, healthy cooking demos, helpful workshops, and more.
RALEIGH — Because Social Security is a bedrock of retirement security for 2.3 million North Carolinians and has never missed a payment since the program was created 90 years ago this month, Governor Josh Stein is helping draw attention to the importance of the program on its milestone anniversary.
Celebrate Social Security's success
New AARP survey on Social Security
WILMINGTON, NC – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall joined AARP, the Wilmington Police Department, and United Way NC/NC 211 to launch a statewide effort to help prevent bitcoin and cryptocurrency ATM scams. Victims of these scams can lose well over $100,000, and the money lost is extremely difficult to recover.
The Summer Nutrition & Cooking Series is for everyone who wants to learn about how to make delicious solo meals this summer.
RALEIGH –Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, and AARP fraud prevention volunteers from across North Carolina, released a new video that is available to watch anytime that will help people of all ages avoid scams that are frequent during the summer season.
AARP is working with government officials, law enforcement and other groups to warn consumers about the growing problem of scams involving cryptocurrency ATMs.
The AARP funding will help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in their neighborhoods through innovative local projects
CHARLOTTE – AARP Charlotte, Brother Strong, Gdavis Productions and Films, and The Park
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