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AARP Virginia

Making a difference for all Virginians 50+ and their families
AUG 22, 2025
Social connection is as powerful as medicine. AARP Virginia’s recent webinar shared simple ways to build stronger ties and boost health.
We're fighting every day to make aging easier. Your voice matters, and we help make sure that our elected officials in the Commonwealth hear it.
Find free online and local events including exercise classes, cooking demos, helpful workshops and more.
AARP speakers are available on a wide range of topics including Social Security, fraud prevention and more.
AUG 20, 2025
AARP Virginia marked Social Security’s 90th anniversary in Roanoke with cake, prizes, and stories from retirees while highlighting concerns about the program’s future funding.
The new series of virtual offerings called Lynchburg Serves made its debut on March 15, the first of the monthly series hosted by AARP Virginia that will have nine installments focused on the Meals on Wheels program of the Greater Lynchburg area.
Highlighting Marie Foster's impact on the LOA and AARP Virginia
The History of the Newsome House
Local Organization Sparks the Joy of Singing Together
The Virginia Department of the Treasury and AARP Virginia are bringing you an unclaimed property event
Scammers follow the headlines and take advantage of them when they can. Public desire to support Ukraine in this critical time of need is no exception.
Roanoke-area organizations, businesses, and volunteers came together to support this year's food drive, which totaled nearly 22 tons of food for local seniors.
Overlooking the Chesapeake Bay at the southern tip of Hampton, Fort Monroe is a site whose history is uniquely intertwined with the history of slavery and freedom in the United States.
Meet the "hidden figures" who courageously triumphed over racism and sexism to create job opportunities in industry and government for themselves and future generations of African American women.
Here in Virginia, staff cases spiked dramatically from a rate of 1.23 per 100 residents in December to 18.6 in January, the highest since the pandemic began. Resident cases increased nearly 10-fold from a rate of 1.49 to 14.4 per 100 residents during this same period, also the highest since the pandemic began. Nursing home resident deaths from COVID-19 more than doubled from a rate of .15 in December to .37 per 100 residents in January.
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