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As we wrap up 2025, AARP South Carolina is proud to reflect on the work we’ve done together with members, volunteers, and partners across the Palmetto State.
Join AARP South Carolina on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for a free film series at the Nickelodeon Theater in downtown Columbia. Experience three powerful films that explore civil rights, courage and the ongoing fight for equality. Registration is required; AARP membership is not.
Scammers Increasingly Using Cryptocurrency ATMs in South Carolina
The kiosks—often located in gas stations, groceries or convenience stores—convert cash into difficult-to-trace digital currency. Growth in such scams has led to calls for legislation to better protect South Carolina consumers.
The South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) is reviewing settlements reached between Duke Energy Progress (DEP) and Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) regarding their separate proposals to increase electric rates across the state.
AARP South Carolina partners with the Central Carolina Community Foundation’s One SC Fund to fight hunger and support food banks across the state.
As of November 1, 2025, millions of Americans—including many older Georgians—may not receive their monthly food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. This disruption affects individuals living on fixed incomes, many of whom rely on SNAP to afford groceries and maintain their health.
What’s summer in South Carolina without a little banana pudding? This recipe is simple and you will make you go back for seconds.
Ahead of pivotal November elections, AARP South Carolina is working with local media to understand how candidates will address issues affecting older residents.
Go behind the scenes of the soon-to-open museum with museum President and CEO Dr. Tonya M. Matthews.
Chef Veera, a trained chef, educator and entrepreneur, teaches a cooking class showing that cooking and eating healthy can also be easy, flavorful, fun and filling.
AARP South Carolina and the Better Business Burea of South Carolina are hosting Free Community Shred Days throughout the Upstate. You can register for a chance to win one of four $100 shredders.
AARP South Carolina's effort to inform, educate, and ultimately affect positive change in health outcomes for older African Americans in South Carolina.
AARP SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE SHRED EVENTS POWER PAPER SHREDDER GIVEAWAY
Social Security provides only part of what retirees need to pay the bills, and millions of private-sector employees nationwide don’t have a workplace retirement plan that could help fill the gaps.
Donnell Baker, 79, understands the need for family to stay close when a loved one is admitted to a veterans hospital. Thirteen years ago, her now-late husband, Army veteran and Medal of Honor recipient John F. Baker Jr., needed a medical procedure in Charleston. When he developed complications, she had to stay overnight at a hotel.
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