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Here is the 2019 Chapter Regional Call Schedule. We hope you will take the opportunity to join this monthly conversation and share ideas and best practices with Chapter leader colleagues in your AARP region. If you have any questions, please contact the Volunteer Helpline at volunteer@aarp.org or 1-866-740-7719.

Despite my battered body, non-functioning hands that make taking meds a challenge, and wheelchair mobility, I fulfill my long-time desire to act. . . as long as it’s the Readers Theatre – where the short-term memory loss of an 85 year old and the inability to move around in a set, doesn’t hamper the smooth performance of a play.

Por Michelle Cerulli McAdams

ENTER THE AARP SAVINGS CHALLENGE FOR WEEKLY CHANCES TO WIN -- CLICK AND SEND YOUR SHORT VIDEOS (45 seconds of less) AND ESSAYS (250 words or less) to enter. Full contest rules can be found here.

ENTER THE AARP SAVINGS CHALLENGE FOR WEEKLY CHANCES TO WIN -- CLICK AND SEND YOUR SHORT VIDEOS to NCAARP@aarp.org (45 seconds of less) AND ESSAYS (250 words or less) to enter.

Delaware Andrus Award for Community Service — the Association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.

It’ll be Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.

We have come a long way in our national tradition of giving thanks.

On Monday evening, the Des Moines City Council unanimously approved MoveDSM, the first citywide comprehensive transportation planning effort, establishing a multi-modal vision for transportation in Des Moines over the next 25 years. AARP Iowa, the American Heart Association (AHA), and Des Moines Public Schools—who have worked together in recent months to urge passage of Move DSM—applaud the City Council for passing the plan, which identifies how transportation supports the City’s goals for safety, quality of life, and economic development.

Gayle Novak entered her first-ever pageant in May and was crowned Ms. Colorado Senior. She entered her second pageant in October and was crowned Ms. Senior America in Atlantic City, N.J. on October 18.