Create The Good connects you with volunteer opportunities to share your life experiences, skills and passions in your community.
Learn MoreCall friends and ask them to join you in the Fat 2 Fit challenge.
Read MoreTell friends who are appliance shopping that they can check for energy efficient models at the Department of Energy's Energy Star website.
Read MoreVolunteer your time in bite sized chunks, from your own home and when you want to. Benefit worthy causes to suit your lifestyle at your own convenience. Dip in, dip out with absolutely no commitment. Over…
Read MoreInspire a friend to get heart healthy with these tips and information: http://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-01-2010/never_heart_attack.2.html http://www.aarp.org/food/diet-nutrition…
Read MoreFind out if you can be a volunteer for the AARP Tax-Aide program, administered by the AARP Foundation.
Read MoreCheck a neighbor's water meter -- if it changes during two hours with no water use, there's a leak.
Read MoreWhen you donate used prescription eyeglasses, you will help someone in the world see again. Collect eyeglasses for Lions Club or Onesight.org Please visit: http://www.onesight.org/ or http://donateg…
Read MoreCell Phones for Soldiers turns old cell phones into prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. When you donate your old phone, it goes to ReCellular, which then pays Cell Phones for Soldiers.…
Read MoreGet your neighbors ready for a big storm. Hand out this Basic Hurricane Supply Checklist.
Read MoreAARP Foundation programs and legal advocacy efforts address issues that affect people age 50 and over on a daily basis, as well as emerging trends that will affect people more and more as they age. In…
Read MorePost the Protecting Your Personal Information From Fraud tip sheet on a community bulletin board.
Read MoreRivers provide more than 65% of the nation's drinking water, but trash and pollution can degrade a river's safety and its beauty. An easy way to connect with nature and help your community is…
Read MoreAARP's Doughnut Hole Tool Kit is designed so individuals, organizations, and community groups can help a friend or family member find out whether they are at risk of falling into the coverage gap…
Read MoreThe Hartford and the MIT AgeLab have created a document title "The Calm Before the Storm: Family Conversations about Disaster Planning, Caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia." The…
Read MoreShare your unused frequent flier miles with the Make-A-Wish Foundation -- to help fulfill the travel wishes of a child with a life-threatening medical condition, or Hero Miles -- to assist service members…
Read MoreFamily-to-Family is a community-based organization that links families with more to families with much less. Each month, the sponsor family prepares a box of non-perishable foods for shipment to "their"…
Read MoreCheck out the Smartway Transport program for car buying and driving tips you can send to friends.
Read MoreAARP's Sidewalks and Streets Survey is designed so communities can make walking safer by teaching small groups to take simple walkability surveys and to take recommended actions for community improvements.…
Read MoreAsk neighbors to clean out and offer their unwanted items on Freecycle (www.freecycle.org) or Craigslist (www.craigslist.org/about/sites).
Read MoreSeeking volunteers to plant & make identification markers for an herb garden at the Leffingwell House Colonial Museum. Plant what they are interested in and use the harvest or donate it to the soup…
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