AARP encourages elderly to volunteer

The A-A-R-P is encouraging the nation’s elderly to do volunteer work on December 6th, which they’ve dubbed “National Call to Service” day. Marie Smith, an A-A-R-P leader from Hawaii, was in Iowa yesterday to tout the call to volunteerism.Smith says there’s been a great outpouring in response to the September 11th attacks, but local charities are suffering.Smith says you can honor the victims and survivors of the terrorist attacks by volunteering locally, to make the entire country stronger.About 370-thousand Iowans are A-A-R-P members.