Welcome Letters

Letter from the Chair
N. Joyce Payne

If we are courageous and creative, we can scale any height to make life better for others. It is a motto I live by, and one reason why I support the essential work of the AARP Foundation. The quiet triumphs of a Louisiana woman who survived Hurricane Katrina by escaping to Baton Rouge with her pregnant daughter—and little else—demonstrate why. More >

Letter from the President
Robin Talbert

From historic achievements to daunting challenges—most of which were unforeseen just 12 short months ago—2008 was a year that few of us will soon forget. We were again reminded that tears in the nation’s social, cultural, economic, and political fabric can affect each and every one of us in a very direct and personal way. More >