Officials say tens of thousands of people died when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti, one of the poorest nations in the world. Meet a woman who's dedicated the past decade to the Haitian people, and find out how you can help.

They sure don't make them like Virginia Ferrigno anymore. How many weed-whacking, blunt-talking, active-living 85-year-olds do you know?

Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is the P.T. Barnum of masters swimming. Completing Lucky's Lake swim is now nearly as cool as crossing the English Channel. If Lucky wants you to swim, eventually you will. Just ask Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines.

Ginger loved to sing, so at mid-life she took a risk and decided to become a full-time performer. She just never expected her music to strike a chord with the audience it did.

At the age of 90 he volunteered to mentor hearing-impaired children. He soon became an indispensable part of their lives. This Growing Bolder story proves you're never too old to make a difference!

She shed the possessions that used to define -- and limit her -- and found the more things she stripped away, the clearer her destiny became.

Don't you wish the world was full of nicer people? Debbie Tenzer is teaching us all how easy it is to Do One Nice Thing each week.

She started PETA in her living room nearly 30 years ago, and her success made her wonder if other big ideas could be traced back to one person. Turns out, one person can change the world.

She may have played a nasty, selfish child on "Little House on the Prairie," but in real life, Alison Arngrim is anything but. Find out how she's changing the lives of children across the country.

She's in her 80s, but that didn't stop one woman from walking 250 miles to illustrate the importance preserving the historical Underground Railroad.

We hear it all the time. Volunteers get paid in satisfaction and that's something money can't buy. Julia's retirement isn't what she imagined. It's better. Long hours and hard work never felt so good.

Cathy Gillaspie's passing came far too soon, but she left a touching and powerful legacy through the students whose lives she guided and the infants whose lives she helped save.

A chance trip to one of the poorest countries in the world turned a grieving widow into someone who is making a difference in the lives of thousands.

Staying active can keep you physically and socially engaged, adding quality to your life. But for more and more of us, that's just not enough. Leaving a legacy and finding a way to give back are some of the most rewarding ways of Growing Bolder.

Lori Cunniff has devoted her career to helping the environment. She's worked all over the country, and has been in the field for more than 25 years. So we decided to put her to the test, in a special "green" version of 5 Questions With!

Arnold Palmer, the commoner who became "The King" of golf, is celebrating his 80th birthday. He paused recently to talk to Growing Bolder about his greatest passion -- helping the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

WMFE and Growing Bolder Media Group are highlighting the personal and social benefits of lifelong learning and social engagement -- including improved quality of life and reduced health care costs -- with the launch Lifelong Learning Minutes.