Volunteering

Joyce LaFleur, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteer extraordinaire, is retiring after 16 years with the program.

At AARP, Real Possibilities means that anything is possible and that age doesn't define people. In fact, we believe that age and experience can expand—not limit—possibilities.

AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2015 Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors an outstanding Connecticut volunteer who is sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.

Elder Mentors have been improving children’s success in Head Start, classroom and other community settings across Alaska for more than 30 years. By providing one-on-one help with school work, modeling social and cultural values, and offering emotional support to children with exceptional/special needs, Elder Mentor volunteers offer the intergenerational relationships so important to healthy child development. Alaska’s Elder Mentors serve through the national Foster Grandparent - Senior Corps Program.

Know an extraordinary volunteer age 50 or older?

AARP Iowa is pleased to welcome a new State President and new team of lead volunteers with responsibility to support Iowa State Director Kent Sovern, staff and hundreds of AARP volunteers statewide to accomplish the Association's mission of enhancing quality of life for all as we age.

Congratulations to AARP Utah's Community Outreach Director Jill Duke, who was honored April 17 as the Utah Food Bank's Board Member of the Year. The remarks by Board Chair Scott Jensen honoring her for this award follow below:

AARP Kansas is pleased to announce the appointment of John Settich, Atchison, to the Executive Council. Settich, who chose teaching as his encore career, earned his doctorate in public policy-political science at age 56 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Originally from St. Louis, his first career was politics in Kansas in local government and finally serving the late Congressman Bill Roy as press secretary.

We often joke about memory loss but what happens when it becomes more than a senior moment? What is the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia – on the person, the caregiver, society, and the economy? And what can we do about it?

Want to get more involved in the First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary without getting tangled in partisan politics? Do you enjoy meeting presidential candidates and others running for public office? Interested in asking them their position on topics of importance to people 50-plus and their families?