AARP Virginia

In the upcoming General Election, Virginians will vote for President, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Whether you are voting early in person, voting absentee, or voting on Election Day, there are five questions your candidates should answer before you cast your ballot:

Ken Budd has learned the value of combining volunteering with tourism, helping people from New Orleans to Costa Rica to China to Ecuador to Kenya to the West Bank of Israel.

Are you interested in representing AARP online? We’re looking for volunteers to serve as hosts or presenters on Zoom or Facebook as well as tech savvy volunteers who can provide some behind the scenes technical support.

In 2019 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received nearly 125,000 reports of scams involving prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries that cost victims $121 million.

The Virginia Department of Elections announced the launch of “Defending Democracy” as part of the Department’s new marketing campaign, which conveys its commitment to election security.

At AARP Virginia, we’ve come up with a fun way to keep track of where the candidates stand on issues important to voters 50 and older: Debate Watch Bingo! Play at home with your family or compete with friends and family elsewhere.

Nearly half of US adults say they are trying to lose weight, and with many people worried about weight gain while stuck at home during the pandemic, that number may very well rise.

The first time I voted was in 1968 when Richard Nixon was running against Hubert Humphrey. I was a young woman married to my husband who was in the Army in Vietnam. I was living at home with my parents in Philadelphia while he served overseas. It was an intense time in the country, as the nation was polarized about the war and so was I. There were protests everywhere, including in Philadelphia. I remember watching the horrific pictures of the war in the evenings with my parents and thinking how unjust and awful this war was but also praying that my husband would survive the war and we would be united again.

RICHMOND, VA – With states reporting critical shortages of poll workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission has designated September 1, 2020 as National Poll Worker Recruitment Day.

Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia Department of Forestry present this educational workshop on estate planning for landowners.