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Central Illinois Senior Celebration! Central Illinois Senior Celebration! Central Illinois Senior Celebration!

Posted on 05/3/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHey everybody – it’s Jenn! What are you doing on Wednesday May 16th? Answer: Going to the Central Illinois Senior Celebration! The Central Illinois Senior Celebration (say that three times fast) is put on by a coalition of about 14 different organizations throughout the state. AARP is a sponsor, and it looks like there is going to be some great entertainment, goodies, and useful info for just about everyone this year. If you’re like me you probably want to peruse …

It’s Friday! Dance with Somebody!

Posted on 04/27/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHappy Friday blog readers! Jenn here from the communications team reporting on what some of our volunteers are up to this week in Illinois… How does that saying go? Dance like nobody’s watching? Looks like that’s what these folks are doing in this video shot by our staffer Carmena Millan earlier this week. Tell me you don’t love it! The Pine Tree Senior Group (the ones in the red shirts) from the Chinese American Service League have committed to doing …

AARP Illinois Hotline Live! Save Illinois Cares Rx!

Posted on 04/20/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHi blog readers Jenn here from the communications team, just a quick update for the day. You have probably heard that the Governor’s plan to reform Medicaid has been proposed and includes a provision which would entirely eliminate Illinois Cares Rx. Amidst all the hoopla and uproar (including our own) I just wanted to draw your attention to a couple of things. First thing: Contact your legislators now and tell them to protect this vital program while negotiations are still happening. Before they …

Be Smart With Your Moola!

Posted on 04/11/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHey there blog readers, Jenn here from the communications team. In this week’s blog post I want to call your attention to some great free events that are coming up on all things financial. Did you know that this year marks the 10th anniversary of “Money Smart Week”? Never heard of it, you say? Money Smart Week began as a coordinated effort of the Money Smart Advisory Council, a diverse group of more than 40 Chicago-area organizations working together to …

AARP to Legislators: Think Before You Cut

Posted on 04/4/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHey blog readers – Jenn here from the communications team. This week I caught up with our staffer David Vinkler down in our Springfield office. He’s our expert on all things related to the state budget as well as home and community based services in Illinois. He’s pretty much buried right now – analyzing where that elusive $2.8 billion (yeah that’s right, BILLION) in proposed cuts might come from in order for legislators to balance the state budget by May 31st. …

ComEd Owes You Money – And They Won’t Pay Up!

Posted on 03/28/2012 by AARP Illinois | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHi Illinois friends! This is Gerardo, from the AARP Illinois Communications Team…. I’m sure you’d agree with me – if somebody owed you some money, you’d want them to pay up as soon as possible. What if that somebody owed you $37 million? Well, utility giant Commonwealth Edison owes its Northern Illinois customers $37 million dating back to 2007. The State has ordered them to pay, and pay soon. And ComEd is fighting the order in court. Can you believe …