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AARP Virginia is conducting three online workshops this month to help participants make better use of their smartphone’s many photography and photo editing features along with other device uses you may not be aware of.

Is it possible that living a life with meaning can help improve our mental and physical health as we age? To help answer this question, AARP Virginia sponsored a special screening and workshop for The Hidden Power of Purpose, a feature-length documentary narrated by Debbie Allen. This special screening was held on Jan. 11th at the Arcola Church in Dulles.

AARP Virginia will be hosting a wide-ranging series of Black History Month events in February—from virtual presentations to museum visits and a cemetery tour.

Thanks to the generous support of AARP and Toyota Motor North America, volunteers painted artistic designs created by Roanoke artist Maggie Perrin-Key on the street in areas designated by the city.

A screening of “SPARK: Robin Williams and His Battle with Lewy Body Dementia ” was recently hosted on Zoom by Insight Memory Care Center, in collaboration with AARP Virginia.

Themed "Elevate Your Future," the conference featured workshops and discussions covering a wide range of topics, from mental health and career advancement to caregiving and artificial intelligence.

Taking grandchildren to a museum can be a rewarding experience.

Maudie Scott’s view of what constitutes a community—its scars, attributes and potential—started taking shape when, at age 10, she joined her sharecropper parents in harvesting South Carolina tobacco. The field owner’s children, who were white, also gathered leaves during the fall harvest.

AARP Virginia helped a Southside community honor and remember a woman who made lasting contributions to modern medicine—even if it was without her knowledge

Dinner in a SNAP attendees were shown how to quickly fix four nutritious meals prepared by chef Thomas Yager of Mercy Chefs.