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Happy Anniversary, Medicare!

Posted on 07/30/2012 by | Chief Volunteer | Comments

Personal HealthPresident Johnson didn’t hold back when he signed Medicare into law 47 years ago. He said: No longer will older Americans be denied the healing miracle of modern medicine. No longer will illness crush and destroy the savings that they have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later years. Everywhere I go as chief volunteer spokesperson for AARP, I run into people who tell me how important Medicare is in real …

Joan Rivers Addresses Matters of the Heart in NYC

Posted on 02/12/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

VolunteeringCheck out My Generation’s recent program on matters of the heart that will give you warm fuzzies, but it’s no Valentine’s Day special! It’s actually about a volunteer-run food kitchen in Soho, New York that cooks and delivers heart-healthy dishes to New Yorkers with life-altering medical conditions. And Joan Rivers is the mastermind behind it.