Volunteering

St. Louisan Mary Tillman has been selected the new AARP Missouri State Coordinator for the Driver Safety Program (DSP). Appointed at the onset of this year, Tillman joined the DSP as an instructor in 2006 and was designated a Zone Coordinator shortly thereafter.

Do you have questions about the challenges of long term care planning? Are you interested in learning more about the legal questions about end of life planning, or learning how you can help keep healthy to ensure a better future?

Non-profit organizations serving neighborhoods throughout Summit County invite you to stop by for refreshments and discussion about how a little of your time can make a big difference in your community when AARP and the Summit County United Way sponsor a volunteer fair the evening of Monday, March 31, at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls.

By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Americans age 50-plus increasingly are using social media, and AARP is tapping into that trend to hear what people have to say about Social Security, caregiving, transportation, livable communities, retirement planning and other issues.

AARP Tennessee is recruiting volunteers to help make a Nashville neighborhood more livable.

(This story is by Margie Culberton, an AARP Mississippi volunteer and freelance writer. Her photo is at the left.)

Tia Scigulinsky of Portsmouth has been selected to participate in AARP’s Volunteer Leadership Institute or VLI, a rigorous and innovative year-long training program designed to elevate highly skilled and motivated AARP volunteers to the next level of volunteer leadership. Tia is joined by 33 other exceptional AARP volunteers from across the country, who will meet both in person and virtually throughout the year to build their leadership strengths in one of three chosen “tracks” – advocacy, community outreach or external representation.

As two pioneers in the field of education, Teresa Reed and Irene Martinez Jordan bring decades of experience, common sense and activism to the 26-member advocacy team at AARP Colorado.

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