The TODAY Show Features Purpose Prize Fellows

Emmy-award-winning journalist Jane Pauley sat down recently with two Purpose Prize fellows, Libba and Gifford Pinchot, to film a segment for NBC’s TODAY show. Pauley selected the couple for her “Your Life Calling” segment because, in their fifties,...

Boomer’s Babies: Financial Products for Encore Careers?

It’s never too early to be preparing for the kind of encore that delivers a triple win for individuals, or communities and society as a whole. At least that’s the assessment of The Economist.  In their August 9th issue, they note that, “Now the...

Bloomberg Businessweek Honors Purpose Prize Winner

Recognizing the innovative way she is keeping seniors out of nursing homes, Bloomberg Businessweek has named Purpose Prize winner Conchy Bretos one of America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs of 2011. A former Florida secretary of aging and adult services,...

BreakThrough: Report from the National Press Club

  Some highlights from the May 31 announcement of the MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures BreakThrough Awards at the National Press Club: Darlene Stone, Vice President of Leesburg Regional Medical Center, described the assortment of flexible options and benefits...

Purpose Prize Winners Star in Sean Penn Documentary

In a new documentary produced by Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn, Purpose Prize winner Elizabeth Alderman recalls the horror she felt after she lost her 25-year-old son, Peter, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11.  “I always believed that if I lost...