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Sharing the cool: How to help the less fortunate in your community beat the heat
Interested in getting involved? Start by ensuring that your elderly, ill, or handicapped neighbors have access to air conditioning during dangerous heat waves.
Embracing universal design: How to make your home friendly for all ages
Making your home safe is critical, especially if you’re sailing into your golden years. Here are a few home safety tips to keep you safe and sound at home.
10 smartphone and tablet apps that make life easier
So what do you look for when you need an app to make life easier? According to mainstreet.com, here are the 10 best smartphone apps.
Getting rid of your old phone? Donate it to a soldier!
Donate unwanted cellphones to deployed soldiers.
How to start a community garden
Kinship, harmony and fresh veggies: Reap the benefits of community gardening with steps from the American Community Garden Association on starting community gardens.
Giving back to the troops: Donating your books to soldiers
Ever wanted to help out a soldier but not sure where to begin? Learn how you can help support our troops by donating your books and shipping them overseas.
How to organize a food drive
The task of collecting food drive items is easy – even fun. These 10 steps will help you organize the collection of food donations so that hungry people need not do without.
Give your inner child a treat: Learn to juggle
Looking to learn a new trick? Learning to juggle is a great way to maintain coordination and please your inner child.
Giving back to mother nature: Environmental volunteering tips
How to help nature is easy, fun and rewarding, with planting projects, community gardens, conservation vacations, and river cleanups.
Top free websites for photo editing
Are you ready to share pictures of your grandkids or retirement projects, but don't want to spend a fortune on photo editing software? Don't worry; there are several good Web sites that offer photo editing for free.
10 tips on how to beat the high cost of gas without sacrificing that leisurely Sunday drive
Don’t let the high cost of gas get you down. Learn some effective methods that you can use to save money on gas without having to hang up the keys for good.
How to get into knife collecting
Collectors knives come in many categories, ranging from automatic knives to survival knives, and even include the category of swords and other martial arts weaponry.
Is volunteering tax deductible?
Make doing good pay off at tax time. Here are a few tips on tax deductions related to volunteer work.
Gone with the wind: A beginner's guide to kite flying
Looking for a fun, safe, and free hobby to enjoy in the park? Kite flying may be just what you need.
Passing on your skills by volunteering for driver safety programs
AARP Driver Safety courses share simple driving truths, need skilled driver safety class volunteers, and include payback for out-of-pocket expenses. Instruct, Coordinate or Establish hosting.
