(ARA) - One really is the loneliest number, no matter what your age. Once thought of as affecting primarily the elderly, loneliness is a growing problem in America. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that more than 10 million Americans 65 or older live...
(NAPS) - If you know a relative, a friend or someone in your profession or organization who is over 65 and still working, there’s a way you can recognize his or her accomplishments and contributions. Nominations are now being accepted for the Experience...
(NAPS) - The National Anthem Project, a multiyear national campaign to re-teach the words and significance of the national anthem and spotlight the importance of school music education, will culminate on Flag Day, June 14, 2007, with thousands of music...
(ARA) - For several years now, attendance has been in decline at movie theaters all over the country. While ticket prices are up, overall receipts are down. A recent Zogby survey found that 45 percent of American moviegoers had decreased their attendance...
(NAPS) - Even though workers are aware the U.S. retirement system is changing, many are not adapting in ways that are likely to leave them with a comfortable retirement. That’s according to the 17th annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS). The...
(ARA) - Whether it’s cooking a meal for the homeless or sprucing up a garden area, there are many ways to give back to those who are in need. But sometimes the hardest part about volunteering is finding the time and the right opportunity to get involved....
(ARA) - Thanks to Paula “P.K.” Beville of Marietta, Ga., nursing home patients in her hometown are no longer feeling alone and forgotten - they are living their dreams. Maria Palestini Bye of Voorhees, N.J., has found a way to make sure teenagers in her...
On a bitter February morning when Margaret Anderegg was 6 years old, her home in rural Aitkin County, Minnesota, burned to the ground. “I remember my mother, standing in the snow, crying and wringing her hands and saying over and over, ‘All my...