AARP Rhode Island Events

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HOLIDAY SCAM TELE-TOWN HALL

Join us on December 11 at 10 a.m. when AARP Fraudwatch Network’s Kathy Stokes will update the current fraud landscape and cover the most common holiday-shopping criminal activity so you can better protect yourself and your family. To participate, join us a few minutes before start time (on any time thereafter if you are late) at 866-495-1087.

December 11 at 8 p.m. Movies for Grownups Presents “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” Don’t miss this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens’ classic story full of love and laughter, courtesy of the Muppets. Register.

AARP Rhode Island Healthy Living Series

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

December 9 TaiChi/Qigong
December 10 Everybody Dance!
December 16 TaiChi/Qigong
December 17 Laughter Yoga
December 18 RI Healthy Cooking
December 23 TaiChi/Qigong

WALKTOBER

Wow! People enjoyed nearly 20 AARP Rhode Island Walktober walks organized by AARP and our community partners. Check out the Walktober map, and then view video highlights as you scroll down this page.

HIGHLIGHTS

Dominique Resendes of One Neighborhood Builders and Val Reishuk of Providence Streets Coalition sum up their walk in Olneyville.

#Walktober rolls on with a Fox Point Walk Audit, led by City of Providence Senior Services’ Lisa Cardoza and made possible by an AARP Community Challenge Grant. Why are walk audits important? Lisa explains! 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.

#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.

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#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.

Thank you, Providence Public Library, for your help in making Walktober a success and for providing a fantastic Walktober Reading List. Download it now!

Read Lisa Watts' article on Walktober posted on the Growsmart RI website and Herb Weiss's story on the RI News Today site.

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!