19 Reasons AARP Is Proud of Its 2019 Accomplishments
19 Reasons AARP Is Proud of Its 2019 Accomplishments Advocacy
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3. Fighting Fraud: The AARP Fraud Watch Network has become a leader in preventing scams. has given more than 5 million visitors tips on how to spot scams. 4. Movies for Grownups: The program expanded to more than , attended by more than 135,000 people. 5. AARP Resume Advisor: The program offers members at a deep discount. 6. Social Security Resource Center: More than 5 million people visited the on aarp.org in 2019.
7. The Global Council on Brain Health: A council report exposed many . 8. Day of Service: At our Celebration of Service event in September, volunteers packed more than a million meals. 9. AARP Studios: AARP launched several video series, including Road to Wizdom, Fishing for Advice, narrated by Bryan Cranston and School of Talk, and won Google’s Silver Creator Award. 10. Member Publications — The Bulletin, AARP The Magazine and aarp.org won scores of writing and design awards in 2019. 11. AARP Rewards: Our has hundreds of good-for-you activities. Edward Linsmier 12. Fitness Parks: 13. Prepare to Care Guides: AARP distributed 2 million of the booklets that are designed to help with the . 14. Local grants:
15. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: The program , and 35,000 volunteers helped secure $1.4 billion in income tax refunds. 16. Volunteers: spent 386,395 hours helping more than 24,000 students improve reading skills. 17. Oregon Saves: The program, passed with the support of AARP, marked its two-year anniversary with over $25.5 million in retirement savings. 18. Disrupt Aging: We joined with Getty Images to launch the , with more than 1,600 photos challenging aging stereotypes.
19. Caregiving Campaign: AARP fought for passage of 139 new laws or regulations that helped the cause of 38 million family caregivers.
19 Reasons AARP Is Proud of 2019
Take a look back at what we accomplished together this past year
Lexey Swall for AARP AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins greets volunteers at AARP's Celebration of Service. It’s been a busy year at AARP, and while our actions speak for themselves, we figure it isn’t bragging to share accomplishments we feel good about. Our Fraud Watch Network has helped millions of people avoid scams. We began voter education programs that’ll run though the 2020 election. And we had fun with programs like Movies for Grownups. Here are just a few of the things we did this year that we hope make you proud to be a member of AARP. 1. AARP’s Stop Rx Greed campaign: Launched in March, led the charge for , and it’s pushing for measures Congress is now considering.2. Campaign Forums: A
3. Fighting Fraud: The AARP Fraud Watch Network has become a leader in preventing scams. has given more than 5 million visitors tips on how to spot scams. 4. Movies for Grownups: The program expanded to more than , attended by more than 135,000 people. 5. AARP Resume Advisor: The program offers members at a deep discount. 6. Social Security Resource Center: More than 5 million people visited the on aarp.org in 2019.
7. The Global Council on Brain Health: A council report exposed many . 8. Day of Service: At our Celebration of Service event in September, volunteers packed more than a million meals. 9. AARP Studios: AARP launched several video series, including Road to Wizdom, Fishing for Advice, narrated by Bryan Cranston and School of Talk, and won Google’s Silver Creator Award. 10. Member Publications — The Bulletin, AARP The Magazine and aarp.org won scores of writing and design awards in 2019. 11. AARP Rewards: Our has hundreds of good-for-you activities. Edward Linsmier 12. Fitness Parks: 13. Prepare to Care Guides: AARP distributed 2 million of the booklets that are designed to help with the . 14. Local grants:
15. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: The program , and 35,000 volunteers helped secure $1.4 billion in income tax refunds. 16. Volunteers: spent 386,395 hours helping more than 24,000 students improve reading skills. 17. Oregon Saves: The program, passed with the support of AARP, marked its two-year anniversary with over $25.5 million in retirement savings. 18. Disrupt Aging: We joined with Getty Images to launch the , with more than 1,600 photos challenging aging stereotypes.
19. Caregiving Campaign: AARP fought for passage of 139 new laws or regulations that helped the cause of 38 million family caregivers.