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PAGE 16 EASTERN COLORADO PLAINSMAN
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A national organization, 12
million members strong, has
formed its first chapter in rural
east-central Colorado.
The Lincoln County chapter
of the American Association
of Retired Persons (AARP),
with 33 charter members, has
held Its first meeting in Hugo,
and promises to be a dynamic
addition in service to the com-
munity.
Founded in 1958 by Dr. Eth-
el Percy Andrus in Washing-
ton, D.C., the organization's
motto is "To serve, not to be
served." The association
seeks to satisfy the mind and
heart, helping older people
create new patterns of. inde-
pendence, purpose and dig-
nity; it makes available to its
members concrete, tangible
answers to pressing, everyday
needs.
AARP has been a trailblazer
in developing innovations and
breakthroughs for the benefit
of the elderly.
of the elderly:
AARP members are eligible
to receive prescription drugs
through the mail, or over the
counter, through the Retired
Persons Pharmacy Service
centers, formed to combat the
high prices of prescriptions,
and the inconvenience of ob-
taining prescriptions by older
persons.
Other projects and accom-
plishments conceived by
AARP include employment
aid for the elderly; legal coun-
sel services; Driverplan Plus,
automobile insurance which
is not cancellable for reason
of age alone; consumer as-
sistance; health education
and general education; Wid-
owed Persons Service; tax
counseling; community-level
service to Individuals and in-
stitutions (providing transpor-
tation to the elderly, providing
companionship and entertain-
ment for shut-ins in institu-
tions, as examples); legisla-
tive advocacy and lobbying,
both on state and national lev-
els (older person abuse and
reducing the cost of utilities
for elderly persons are exam-
ples of current issues); and
gerontology research.
Involvement with nursing
homes makes up a large part
of AARP's activities. In Den-
ver, for instance, AARP mem-
bers take cookies to nursing
homes, and put on programs
for the residents. There is a
Watermelon Day, when mem-
bers take all the watermelons
they can load up and distrib-
ute them to the nursing
homes.
This type. of service is al-
ready being provided by the
RSVP (Retired Seniors Volun-
teer Program) in the area, but
the new Lincoln County chap-
ter sees no conflict between
the two organization,s but,
rather, as an opportunity for
two complementary bodies to
work together toward a com-
mon goal, to accomplish that
much more for the good of the
community.
Helping lonely people, find-
ing them and drawing them in,
is another function that the
association serves, according
to the group's organizers.
The Lincoln County chapter
was started through the ef-
forts of Hugo's Alice Hotland
and the assistant state dir-
ector from Denver, Nlna Eas-
on. The two women have been
friends for many years and,
one day, after some discus-
sion, they decided to see If an
AARP chapter might be able
to be started in Lincoln Coun-
ty.
'~Ne've had a real good res-
ponse," Holland says, noting
that the group has 33 mem-
bers after two meetings. The
formation of the Lincoln
County group makes it the
89th chapter in the state, ad-
ding to over 13,000 members.
The new chapter has elect-
ed officers and committee
chairpersons: Alice Holland,
president; AI Mann, vice pres-
ident; Lela Sellon, secretary;
Miriam Derry, treasurer, while
directors are Marge Ruff, Jen-
nie Summers and Wilbur
Weeder.
Committee chairpersons
are Marge Ruff, legislative;
Ocie Emarlne, public rela-
tions; AI Mann, program; An-
na Bernard, membership; Ava
Orrell, community service;
and Franklin Pearson was ap-
pointed historian of the chap-
ter.
Meetings are held on the
fourth Tuesday of every
month, at 2 p.m., at the Se-
nior Citizens Center in Hugo.
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The next scheduled meeting
is April 22. Nina Eason will
again be present at the meet-
ing, as she has on the pre-
vious two occasions, and will
explain the association's
goals and functions, answer-
ing all questions.
Eason says her geographic
area covers all the region in
east-central Colorado, east-
ward, as far as Burlington,
and she would like to see new
chapters formed in that re-
gion.
Residents of Klt
Cheyenne and Elbert ¢oul
ties, and surrounding ames,
who would be Intem~ed in
starting chaptera in tMir eom-
munitles can call Eason in
Denver, at 934-9190.
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