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Make a Difference to Friends and Family

  Invite a friend to join you and register for "Get Fit on Route 66," a free online physical-activity adventure that will inspire you to be more active. Convert your exercise minutes to miles on a virtual journey along America’s most famous highway.

  Order the "Physical Activities Workbook" for you and friend. Illustrations inside show how to add physical activity to a daily routine without disrupting your schedule or lifestyle. You’ll learn how to get motivated, start safely, set goals that meet your health and fitness needs, develop a support network, and tackle roadblocks. Recruit a friend and double the fun.

  Order AARP step counters as gifts for friends and family.

  Help loved ones update and distribute their "personal medication record." Our record provides spaces for you to list all your medicines—including the prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, and dietary supplements—along with the dosing information and how they are taken.

  Use our "Medicines Made Easy" guide to show your family members or caregiver how to safely and effectively manage your medications. You'll learn the right questions to ask health care professionals, the importance of tracking medications, and how to compare drugs for effectiveness and cost. The guide also includes a list of questions and a personal medication record to complete and share at doctor and pharmacy visits.

Make a Difference at Your Job

   Take a copy of our "Physical Activities Workbook" to your work's human resources department. Illustrations inside show how to add physical activity to a daily routine without disrupting your schedule or lifestyle. You’ll learn how to get motivated, start safely, set goals that meet your health and fitness needs, develop a support network, and tackle roadblocks. Do the exercises with colleagues at lunch so everyone can benefit.

   Start a "lunch bunch" walking group.

   Distribute AARP's "Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+" at work. Our handy pocket guide allows you to keep tips and expert advice on good health habits, screening tests, and immunizations at your fingertips.

Make a Difference in your Community

  Share a copy of our "Physical Activities Workbook" with your congregation or community center. Illustrations inside show how to add physical activity to a daily routine without disrupting your schedule or lifestyle. You’ll learn how to get motivated, start safely, set goals that meet your health and fitness needs, develop a support network, and tackle roadblocks. Assign specific times where a group can meet up to do the exercises together!

  Become trained to be a Fitness Ambassador and coordinate a 10-week walking program in your community. Interested persons should e-mail: step@lifelongfitnessalliance.org.

  Talk to your spiritual leader about implementing a 10-week walking program using AARP’s Walking Program.

  Form a walking group including friends and acquaintances, such as:

• Your book club
• Your neighbors
• Other dog owners

  Organize a walk-to-school group to accompany neighborhood children to school one day a week.