A Societal Makeover as Boomers Turn 65

By | Jan 5, 2011

Let the prognostication begin! Predictably the New Year – in which the first of the baby boomers turn 65 – began with much of the usual hand-wringing over what the aging of the country’s largest demographic will mean for the economy, politics and culture. In its first...

Prize Offers Hope to Age-Obsessed Britons

By | Dec 30, 2010

From across the pond comes word that Britons are just as obsessed about aging as Americans. After age 50, they enter an “identify void,” writes Geraldine Bedell in The Telegraph.They are “shunted off our television screens and expected to ‘move...

Changing the World through AmeriCorps Encore Service

By | Dec 20, 2010

“You don’t have to be a lottery winner to make a difference in your community or halfway around the globe,” writes Kelly Greene says in her “How to Change the World” column in today’s The Wall Street Journal. “People who are winding down first...

NYTimes.com Features Foreclosure Fighter

By | Dec 7, 2010

A nonprofit founded by 2010 Purpose Prize winner Inez Killingsworth that has helped thousands of Ohio residents avoid foreclosure is the focus of a blog post by David Bornstein on the New York Times website. In 2009 alone, more than 8,000 families received help from...

David Bornstein on Struggling Social Entrepreneurs

By | Nov 29, 2010

If you spend any time with David Bornstein, as I have been lucky to do recently, you will likely start thinking that the world is a place filled with altruistic people who dedicate their time and talents to fixing what’s wrong. As one of the leading experts on social...

Looking for an Encore Service Opportunity?

By | Nov 9, 2010

Encore service is still a new idea, but many service opportunities already exist as pathways to encore careers. Some are targeted to individuals 55 and over; others are open to all ages. They range from national programs to those that are operated at the state or...