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  • AmeriCorps service opportunities let you ‘Be the Greater good!’ AmeriCorps service opportunities let you ‘Be the Greater good!’

    By Riley Vaughan Program Manager City of Davenport AmeriCorps/Youth Corps program As thousands of “Baby Boomers” head for retirement, it can leave open spaces in what was once a filled to the brim calendar of work obligations. With the free time that retirement allows, it could be a great tim...

  • There’s a New Face at CASI! Welcome Amy Johnson There’s a New Face at CASI! Welcome Amy Johnson

    By Kathy Malmloff CASI Director of Senior Services The Center For Active Seniors, Inc. (CASI) is pleased to announce that Amy Johnson has joined the organization as the Director of Operations. Amy comes to CASI with 23 years of experience in operations, parks, and recreation, and recently served ...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Cristina Vital Social Security Manager Rock Island Social Security Office SIGN UP FOR MEDICARE PART B ONLINE You can sign up for Medicare Part B online! If you’re enrolled in Medicare Part A and want to enroll in Part B during the Special Enrollment Period, please visit our Medicare web p...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Cristina Vital Social Security Manager Rock Island Social Security Office MY SOCIAL SECURITY’S REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PORTAL Millions of Americans who get monthly Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income payments need help managing their money, and may need a representative ...

  • Making Memories Making Memories

    By Mary Schricker Gemberling & Lucille Elizabeth Schricker One of the best things about being a grandma is sharing the things you love to do with your grandchildren. Traveling, especially in the RV, and writing are two things I enjoy that I recently was able to share with our nine year old gra...

  • Calendar of Events Calendar of Events

    If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups...

  • Calendar of Events | August 2021 Calendar of Events | August 2021

    If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups...

  • Outstanding August Events through the Centuries Outstanding August Events through the Centuries

    By Eloise Graham The 1500s - On August 16, 1501 the Overseers of the Office of Works (Florence, Italy’s cathedral church) awards Michelangelo the contract to create his statue of David. He began his sculpture masterpiece a month later, finishing it in August 1504. The public unveiling was Septem...