Volunteering

NRTA : AARP’s Educator Community has awarded the 2013 With Our Youth! Dedication Award to Brenda Leider of Mountlake Terrace, WA. Brenda is recognized for her outstanding work with the Marysville School District English Language Learner Penpal Program.

AARP Tax-Aide Needs You!

By AARP Advocacy Director Ingrid McDonald

As the newest member of AARP’s California Executive Council, Patricia Pérez is quick to answer why she joined this team of leadership volunteers that shapes and executes the organization's statewide priorities: “Everything from employment opportunities, to encouraging outdoor activities, to philanthropy and volunteerism; so many things that have a personal value to me, is available through AARP.”

Consumers lose billions of dollars every year to various kinds of consumer fraud, and according to AARP studies, older adults are especially vulnerable. A 2011 survey of fraud victims found that 81% of investment fraud victims and 84% of lottery fraud victims were over the age of 55.

Janet Lam-Rogers of Seattle and her husband Toby Rogers are a volunteering power couple. Janet volunteers for the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program two days a week, where she helps low-income taxpayers file their taxes at the Ballard and Shoreline libraries. Toby works in the Foundation’s Fraud Fighter Call Center in north Seattle, which helps battle financial scams.

Marge Thorne of Bremerton has been selected by AARP Washington to receive the 2012 AARP State Andrus Award for Community Service, our Association’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award for community service. This award symbolizes an individual’s power and ability to make a difference in others’ lives.

Fl as h Volunteer, a Seattle company that boosts volunteerism through an innovative website, has won an AARP Foundation prize. The project emerged from a competition at the University of Washington as part of the Foundation’s new contest.

AARP is more active than ever throughout Washington State. Every day, we provide new opportunities for our members to speak on issues that concern them, to make their own life choices, to reach their goals and dreams, and to make the most of life after 50. That's where you come in.