AARP Hawai‘i recognized AARP volunteer leader and veterans advocate Vicki Franco with the Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization’s most prestigious state volunteer award for community service.
with 36 million retired workers receiving social security benefits, 49.4 million medicare beneficiaries. the reality of seniors quietly letting go of their entitlements without a fight is you pretty unlikely. the way seniors may fight back come november is where w their vote at the table. brenda gardner, actress and volunteer at aarp s patrol. a retired postal worker. so nice to have you all here. i want to ask you, you actually talked with other seniors in your role as an aarp volunteer. what are you hearing now? i m hearing a lot of things. we have these sessions where we go to different members of aarp. and ask them what they are thinking. we are trying to bring these particular issues, social security and medicare, out into the open. and not just being discussed in washington behind closed doors when we don t know what s going on and they are making the