AARP to Host Cross-Generational 'Life Festival' in Chicago, June 5-6

Event Will Feature Nearly 100 Exhibits, Forums on Health Care and Financial
Security, Job Fair for Older Workers, Free Health Screenings and Top Musicians

***R&B/GOSPEL DUO MARY MARY TO HEADLINE ENTERTAINMENT***

CHICAGO, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP, the world's largest advocacy
organization for people age 50+, today announced it will bring its new "Life
Festival" event to Chicago on June 5-6, 2009. The two-day, cross-generational
celebration will serve the diverse city of Chicago and its surrounding
communities by delivering a vibrant combination of learning and sharing in the
form of high-profile speakers addressing health, wellness and financial
security topics, exhibits, free health screenings, a job fair, and musical
entertainment. Upwards of approximately 5,000 attendees are expected and
UnitedHealth Group has signed on as the premier sponsor for the AARP Life
Festival.

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"With people across the state struggling with job loss and soaring health care
costs, they need help, tools and resources more than ever to get back on
track," said Bob Gallo, AARP Illinois State Director. "AARP is looking to
connect them with employers, financial resources and experts, and other
valuable information at the Life Festival to help people weather the storm."

The AARP Life Festival will be held at Chicago's Navy Pier and is free to all
AARP members and only $10 for non-members age 40 and up (includes a 1-year
AARP membership, a $16 value). Featured speakers/activities include:

-- James Brown ("J.B."), TV personality (CBS
Sports/Showtime's Inside NFL) and AARP's Community Ambassador.
-- Stedman Graham, author, educator and entrepreneur.
-- Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments and Financial
Contributor
to ABC's Good Morning America.
-- Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio personality.
-- Dr. Reed Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group's executive vice president and
chief of medical affairs.
-- Patricia Russell-McCloud, inspirational and motivational speaker.

-- Free Health Screenings: the AARP/Walgreens Wellness Tour bus will be
on-site to provide six free health screenings to attendees.

Additionally, Grammy Award-winning R&B/Gospel duo Mary Mary will be on hand
for a special in-person Q&A session with attendees of the Life Festival (no
additional cost) on Friday evening (June 5th). Immediately following this
session, AARP's Life Festival will present an evening concert with Mary Mary,
sponsored by Walgreens. The concert is open to attendees for an additional fee
and tickets are $25. All concert tickets must be purchased on site and will be
available on a first come, first served basis.

Daytime festival activities for attendees will include a "marketplace,"
featuring approximately 100 national and local businesses, and engaged
organizations that are working to build up our communities and empower people.
Attendees will be able to participate in health and wellness events,
financial-security presentations and explore an interactive exhibit floor
featuring music, entertainment, and "Painting Across Generations," a
cross-generational activity for grandchildren and their grandparents.
Additionally, there will be a job fair featuring local and national companies
with job opportunities specifically for older workers.

Parking will be discounted to $16 each day for Life Festival attendees and
parking discount chaser tickets will be available at registration. Additional
information on the AARP Life Festivals, transportation to the event and
pre-registration is available online at www.aarp.org/events. Sponsorship and
exhibit information is available by calling 202-434-2767 or email
exhibits@aarp.org.

ABOUT AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+
have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and
affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates
for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or
candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+
Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 34.5 million
readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's 40 million members
and Americans 50+; AARP Segunda Juventud, the only bilingual U.S. publication
dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website,
AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security,
protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from
thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

SOURCE AARP

Michelle Alvarez, +1-202-434-2555, malvarez@aarp.org, or David Irwin,
+1-312-458-3621, dirwin@aarp.org, both of AARP