Don’t cancel your vacation to Southwest Florida, if you have one planned!

Oil from the BP spill has not yet reached this beautiful region of Florida and, ideally, never will. This past week, while there on a short visit, we saw a mother manatee with her calf, dolphins, osprey, a bald eagle, tarpon, mullet, otters, egrets, ibis, herons, frigate birds, snapper, catfish and sharks.

This region of the country, which depends heavily on tourism, has already suffered a one-two punch from Hurricane Charley in 2004 and the ongoing recession.  Its economy is struggling.  Many people are out of work or barely scraping by on seriously reduced incomes.  Don’t add to their troubles by canceling a trip to Southwest Florida now!

Early morning from Useppa island, looking back at Pine Island.

We’ve posted our video interviews with Deborah Russell, AARP director of workforce issues,

and Laurie McCann, AARP senior litigation attorney on age discrimination issues,

in the new Experts section of our Web site.  Check out the videos to learn about getting back to work and tips to help overcome the issue of age discrimination.