Avoid Scams, Explore NC, and Cooking Up Fall Tailgaiting Favorites!
October 2025
This online Series is sponsored by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention and is presented from 5:30-6:30 pm on the second Tuesday of each month via Zoom.
Are you curious or even a bit concerned about how to protect your identity? Or, maybe, you’re interested in how to guard your heart and not be lured into a romance scam or how to prevent losing money in a scam specifically geared toward grandparents. AARP Fraud Expert Mark Fetterhoff will show attendees how to gain a better understanding of how we can avoid some of the antics fraudsters use to take advantage of people by presenting: . October’s AgingWell is partnering with the AARP Fraud Watch Network to present this highly interactive webinar that will arm you with some of the best ways to avoid being taken advantage of. Participants will learn about practical fraud prevention steps that you can take TODAY and also remind you about things to be careful of in everyday life.
For those of us fortunate to live in North Carolina, there is simply no better resource for anything and EVERYTHING that’s going on in our area than in the pages of Our State magazine. In October’s AgingWell, attendees will hear from Our State magazine’s editor in chief, Elizabeth Hudson on how Our State has expanded beyond print into digital storytelling, including original YouTube series like North Carolina, Naturally and Hidden History, as well as a monthly book club podcast hosted by bestselling author Wiley Cash. Elizabeth also highlights the magazine’s October issue, which focuses on the resilience and recovery of mountain communities following Hurricane Helene. Attendees will also hear from Amy Jo Wood Pasquini, Our State’s travel director, who will share several upcoming travel adventures in North Carolina and beyond, and from Brooke Grogan, manager of the Our State Store, who will showcase some wonderful shopping ideas for October and the fast-approaching holidays.
Lynn Wells, Recipe Developer and writer for Our State will share how to cook up tasty treats for the fall tailgating season!