Volunteering

Daytona Beach, Fla. – AARP Foundation, AARP’s charitable affiliate, today announced a $25,000 grant to the Volusia County Council on Aging Meals on Wheels program. The AARP Foundation grant will help match a generous $100,000 challenge grant from a local donor to support Meals on Wheels, which provides needed food to homebound seniors.

By Margie Culbertson

If you had the chance to help a neighbor, solve a community problem or advocate for a cause you care about, would you do it?

Are you looking for a meaningful, part-time volunteer opportunity? Even if you have a job, you could still become a part-time volunteer. Consider AARP’s Driver Safety program, which is operated in Wisconsin entirely by volunteers.

AARP Wisconsin recently announced the creation of its new five-member Executive Council, which will help shape the future and vision of the association’s work across the state over the next several years. AARP has more than 820,000 members in Wisconsin and approximately 37 million members nationwide.

Do you possess life experience and common sense? Would you like to help others turn a dream into reality?

As students entered the community room at the Peabody Council on Aging, any anxiousness about sitting through a 5 hour driving course was eased as they greeted the instruct or in a bright yellow jacket with a bright white smile.

Have you ever wondered how you could make a difference in other people’s lives?

Following the attacks on September 11th, AARP began hosting an annual “Day of Service,” a day for staff and volunteers to serve their communities across the country, in a variety of ways.

When I was a child, I remember summertime as a time of endless possibilities - waiting for that first day of summer vacation with anticipation nearly as great as waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Summertime should be a time for eating watermelon, playing outside and drinking gallons of lemonade. A time for kids to just be kids. They should never have to go hungry or worry about where their next meal will come from.