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Caregivers Share Coping Ideas at Life@50 Event

Posted on 09/21/2012 by | Caregiving | Comments

Caregiving | Your LifeI’m jazzed about AARP’s annual Life@50+ member event going on this week in New Orleans. Attendees can exercise with Martina Navratilova, listen to all kinds of music, hear commentators  James Carville and Mary Matalin argue politics, and take in sessions on such meaningful topics as finance, work, scam artists, social media and happiness. I like to think the biggest attraction, at least so far, has been today’s session on caregiving — and not just because I was on the panel! The …

Plenty of Movies for Grownups at Friday’s Film Festival

Posted on 09/21/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentGreetings from New Orleans. I’ve just spent the evening strolling around the French Quarter, which for those of you who have never been is something of a cross between Downtown Disney and the Innermost Circle of Hell. But most importantly, this afternoon I was at the Louisiana Theatre at the New Orleans Convention Center watching the final preparations for our Movies for Grownups Film Festival. It’s all part of AARP’s Life@50+ Member Event, which is drawing tens of thousands of …

How To Teach Kids Nutrition? Plant Something

Posted on 09/20/2012 by | General News | Comments

Food | Volunteering“What do you do to get the kids to like stuff like kale? Or radishes?” I asked. Ms. Denise immediately begins shaking her head in protest, with a huge grin on her face. “If they take the seed and plant it. If they grow it. If they see it every day while they’re out on the playground. If they walk by and smell it. They will love eating it,” she said. We were standing in an edible schoolyard on a …

Brushing with Kindness in New Orleans’ Hollygrove Neighborhood

Posted on 09/20/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Volunteering“Welcome back to the Hollygrove neighborhood, ” a Habitat for Humanity staffer said as she greeted a second wave of AARP members arriving ready to paint houses here this afternoon. “AARP has a lot of history helping out in this neighborhood, and we’re glad to see you again.” It’s true. After Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, we realized we had a lot of members – more than 1,000 – living in this working class neighborhood of New Orleans. We asked …

AARP Life@50+ Reimagines New Orleans

Posted on 09/20/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Volunteering | Your LifeAARP’s annual Life@50+ National Event & Expo is off to a great start this morning with volunteer efforts throughout a sunny New Orleans, the city so devastated by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago that it is still in need of rebuilding help. Hundreds of  AARP members are visible all around the city as they arrive for the fun of the next three days, but today’s kick-off is all about volunteering.  Among the hundreds going out to a variety of sites …

Sandra Cisneros inspires Crowd at Life@50+ in Los Angeles

Posted on 09/28/2011 by | Washington D.C. | Comments

Your Life“I am a chingona,” said Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street, at this year’s AARP Life@50+ National Event and Expo in Los Angeles. Nervous laughter and anticipation filled the room. But as Sandra’s embodiment of the word began to unfold, a feeling of inspiration swept over the crowd. At 56, Sandra’s spunk, guts and artistry are simply infectious. Watching her, it became clear, that her magnetic energy and thoughtful insights on life are truly representative of …

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