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Our Baldwin County Chapter had a great meeting on hospice care with Serenity Hospice Care in Milledgeville, Ga.

Every two seconds, another American becomes a victim of identity theft. Identity theft is a serious crime where someone uses information about you without your permission.

From raising families to serving the country, women have made many contributions to society. Let’s celebrate women and all the great achievements they have made with the start of Women’s History Month! This month we will highlight some successful and empowering women that are not only shattering the preconceived notions that exist amongst gender but also of aging. Stay tuned each week to read the inspirational stories behind each of these influential women!

Chuck Betts of Keokuk has been named AARP Iowa State President with responsibility to lead the Association’s Iowa Executive Council, working closely with AARP Iowa State Director Kent Sovern, Iowa staff and volunteers in their efforts on behalf of AARP’s approximately 370,000 members in Iowa.

RALEIGH -- As a way to thank and honor those who served, AARP is hosting a free reception open to the public from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, on Tuesday, March 13, at the North Carolina Museum of History. The reception is in conjunction with the Museum’s Picturing Nam exhibit, a free exhibit made possible by the National Archives.

Join AARP for another round of financial education workshops that can provide information, tools and resources to assist New Yorkers in building financial security and resilience. In this series of workshops we will be covering the following topics:

Executive Council Member Dr. Merrylyn Moran Smith delivers honors to state Senator Danny Carroll in Frankfort.

At the AARP Oregon State Office we hear almost weekly from a member who can’t afford prescription drugs and has to make the hard choice to skip a medication dose or cut the pill in order to make ends meet. That’s why we were especially pleased to help pass legislation during Oregon’s short session that will make the cost of drugs more “transparent” in our state.

AARP Georgia and the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library will host a three-part Fraud Prevention Series for residents of the Central Savannah Regional Area.

Please join us for a volunteer briefing on a number of key topics - net neutrality and what it means to those over 50, the latest on the budget and an overview of AARP’s caregiving efforts. Our special guests will be Cristina Martin-Firvida, Director of Financial Security and Consumer Affairs, Bob Stephen, VP of Health Security Programming, and Eric Schneidewind, AARP’s Volunteer President. As always, we’ll make sure there is time for your questions and comments!