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Walktober Downtown Providence Walk And Waterfire

Wow! People have enjoyed nearly 20 AARP Rhode Island Walktober walks organized by AARP and our community partners. Celebrate the end of a wonderful Walktober with a Thursday, October 30th, Downtown Providence tour preceding a Waterfire lighting.

AARPRI volunteer Holly Snyder leads this informative walk through downtown. Join us at 3:30 at the Burnside Statue, Burnside Park, 40 Kennedy Plaza, Providence. No registration required for this walk.

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Find us, join us and walk & roll! Our community partners have created a lineup of additional walks. Click on the Walktober interactive map to find and register for a Providence event. Scroll down on this page to see Walktober video highlights!

AARP Rhode Island Healthy Living Series

AARP wants you to live the best life possible, and healthy living is key to that. Dive in!

October 23 RI Healthy Cooking
October 21 TaiChi/Qigong
October 23 RI Healthy Cooking
October 28 TaiChi/Qigong
November 4 TaiChi/Qigong
November 11 TaiChi/Qigong
November 12 Everybody Dance!
November 19 Laughter Yoga
November 20 RI Healthy Cooking
November 25 TaiChi/Qigong


MORE EVENTS

November 3 Senior Planet: Mobile Health Apps
November 7 Newport Classical Fall Chamber Series
November 10 Senior Planet: Navigating Medicare Resources Online
November 17 Senior Planet: Tech Basics for Caregiving
November 21 Newport Classical Fall Chamber Series


WALKTOBER HIGHLIGHTS

#AARPRI deeply thanks accessibility activist Garrett Brumfield for participating in Walktober, making it an inclusive walk & roll event. Here’s Garrett delivering a key message for everyone during his Providence Public Library talk. Watch.

During a Southside Providence #AARPRI Walktober walk, activist Doug Victor explains why trees are so important to healthy neighborhoods and how people can make a difference in their community. Watch.

#Walktober Walk & Talk on North Main Street Improvements, hosted by the North Main Street Task Force, features Providence City Councilor Susan AnderBois. Here, she describes improvements enabling residents to cross North Main more safely at Doyle Avenue - particularly residents of a large older adult living facility who must cross North Main to shop. Watch

Watch Jonathon Stalls at Providence Public Library as he discusses walking and developing “new neural pathways."

State Director Catherine Taylor and Jonathon Stalls sum up the October 9th Broadway Walk Audit.

The rain stopped just in time for our October 8the kick-off walk with walking author-activist Jonathon Stalls. The fun has just begun!

Don’t miss any of AARP Rhode Island’s upcoming summer virtual and in-person events. Download the convenient events one-pager of our October-December brochure, print it and pin it!

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AARP Driver Safety Training - Register By Phone

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October 30, Jamestown Senior Center, Jamestown, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 401-423-9804
November 5 and 12, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 10 a.m. to noon, 401-874-4619
November 11, North Providence Senior Center, North Providence, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 401-231-0742
November 18, South Kingstown Senior Center, Wakefield, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., 401-789-0268
November 23, Pilgrim Senior Center, Warwick, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 401-468-4074

Learn more about AARP Driver Safety Training

Upcoming dates and locations coming soon.

About AARP Rhode Island
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