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• Winners of the October 25th Drawing of 2024 Calendar Raffle!!!

  October 30, 2024: Winners of the October 25th Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on October 25, 2024 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of ...Read more >

• Bernie Sanders will join our Power Lunch! Buy your tickets here!

  September 16, 2024:   Sisters and Brothers, we are excited to announce that US Senator Bernie Sanders will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 WIARA Power Lunch, which will be held on Monday, October 14!  Please join us for what will be the biggest event of the ...Read more >

• Did you see our Executive Director on TV?

  September 16, 2024: Did you see WIARA  Executive Director Alex Brower on TV recently? On May 24, 2024 Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americas Executive Director Alex Brower appeared on the PBS Wisconsin program Here and Now with Frederica Freyberg.  During the inte...Read more >

• Winners of the August 30th Drawing of 2024 Calendar Raffle!!!

  September 09, 2024: Winners of the August 30th Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on August 30, 2024 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Draw ...Read more >

• Save Social Security! Join us for a demonstration! Six Actions Remaining this fall

  August 26, 2024: The Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans is pleased to announce our Save Social Security actions across Wisconsin this summer and fall, following our popular events this spring. With Social Security under threat from cuts and privatization, we...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries

  July 11, 2024: What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more expens...Read more >

• Winners of the June 28th Drawing of 2024 Calendar Raffle!!!

  July 09, 2024: Winners of the June 28th Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on June 28, 2024 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Draw Amou...Read more >

• Save Social Security! Stand up for Social Security this summer and fall!

  July 08, 2024:   The Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans is pleased to announce our Save Social Security actions across Wisconsin this summer and fall, following our popular events this spring. With Social Security under threat from cuts and privati...Read more >

• Winners of the April 26 Drawing of 2024 Calendar Raffle!!!

  May 03, 2024: Winners of the April 26 Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on April 26, 2024 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Draw ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

  March 27, 2024: Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her husband on her phone, with difficulty she made it back ...Read more >