Volunteering

AARP Arkansas during its 2013 Legislative Appreciation Luncheon in Little Rock honored legislative allies, partners and volunteers for helping make possible significant accomplishments during this year’s regular legislative session.

On Saturday, June 22nd, AARP volunteers Ron Brillhart, Jennifer Feigerle, and Mike Schutz headed to the USC campus for Men's Health Awareness Day. An estimated 500 people attended the event, which provided free resources, information, and health screenings to the public.

As we age, most of us hope to remain in our homes as long as possible. That becomes more difficult as our ability to drive and handle daily chores becomes more limited. That’s where you can help.

AARP members in the Denver metro region will have opportunity to volunteer for two extremely interesting projects: an effort to interview members of the Hispanic community on their participation in the sixties and seventies Chicano movement; and an audit of transportation options in two Denver metro neighborhoods.

AARP Rhode Island calls on members and volunteers to take part in this event organized by the Rhode Alliance for Retired Americans. Using the chained consumer price index (CCPI) to determine seniors' Social Security benefits will take an estimated $127 billion out of the pockets of current and future retirees in the next 10 years alone.

Barrie Atkin is one of four new members of the AARP Massachusetts 2013 Executive Council. In the video (below), Barrie's new colleagues--Gordon Mathieson, Deborah Washington, and Jane Ahern-Defillippi--were asked about their role and their work on the Executive Council. Since Barrie wasn't available for the videotaping, we've included her responses to the same questions here. Welcome, Barrie!

AARP Volunteers Working Together in w.Kentucky

29th Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - Senior Intern Program

Alabama Power customers pay some of the highest bills in the South, and AARP Alabama is working to lower them. Now you can get involved. Join us and other AARP members tonight in Tuscaloosa at a town hall meeting with the Alabama Public Service Commission. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the University of Alabama School of Law Moot Court Room, 101 Paul W. Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa.

AARP achieved a major legislative victory in Connecticut this June when State lawmakers approved a Budget for 2013/14 that did not include plans for an electricity auction – a proposal originally championed by Governor Dannel Malloy. AARP was a staunch opponent of the auction, which would have sold the accounts of more than 800,000 customers who receive their electricity through the “standard offer” from CL&P and UI to private energy companies, in order to net the State about $80 million. The plan would have resulted in hundreds of thousands of residential ratepayers having their electricity supplier switched without their consent and could have resulted in higher electricity costs for everyone in future years.