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Old Age Plus: AARP’s Local Reach and Programs
Homewood resident Frank Ertl, a 22-year AARP member, extols the group as the main benefit of aging. The article details AARP’s services, programs like The Long and Short of It, Eating for Your Health, tax help, 55 Alive driving course, Widowed Persons Service, and political nonpartisanship. It notes Area 5’s 6.1 million members and the Des Plaines office, while tracing AARP’s 1944 origins and growth to over 33 million members with goals for 40 million by century end.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Homewood
Frank Ertl
America
AARP
Ertl
Area 5
Janet Orwell
Modern Maturity
Otwell
American Association For Retired Persons
Ethel Percy Andrus
Dr. Andrus
National Retired Teachers Association
Andrus
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
National Legislative Council