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6 things you should know about Encore Fellowships
Ken Harris helped raise more than $7 million for a new Boys and Girls Club campus in Portland, Oregon. Elisa Ross used data to improve cancer screening rates by 50 percent for patients of Neighborhood Family Practice, a group of community health centers in Cleveland....
Announcing the 2019-20 Encore Public Voices Fellows
In the United States, more than 30 years have been added to life expectancy in the past century, but not across the board. Whites live longer than people of color. Women live longer than men. And the richest Americans live 10-15 years longer than the poorest. We need...
Experienced talent transforms early childhood care at Family Resource Centers in Santa Clara County
Before 3-year-old Fernanda was old enough to go to a local Head Start program, she and Amelia Morales Vargas, 64, used to spend a lot of time together. They sang about the wheels on the bus. They made crafts using popsicle sticks and glue. They explored local...
Encore! Encore! Leaving Wall Street for the non-profit sector
Russell Abbott spent most of his career on Wall Street working in hedge fund management. About two years ago at the age of 65, he transitioned to working for a non-profit based in Brooklyn, New York called Extreme Kids and Crew. The organization is a community...
How a Miami childcare center funds its over-50 workforce
Photo by © Alex Harris Encore.org sponsors a learning community for innovators who are testing or implementing strategies for engaging adults 50+ in the early care and education workforce. This blog post shares ideas discussed by learning community members. Decades...
From Encore Fellow to Nonprofit CEO
Linda Lazor worked for more than 30 years in the tech industry. In 2014, she became an Encore Fellow at Partners in School Innovation. At the end of her fellowship, she accepted an offer to work there full time. In 2018, she became CEO of the Silicon Valley Social...
Can older tutors complement a near-peer model? A national nonprofit says yes
Many nonprofits have long relied on “near-peer” tutors and mentors -- youth and young adults who provide support to others relatively close in age, think college students as tutors for high school ones. They’re often plentiful, able to connect to the young people they...
Homesharing across generations creates an unlikely friendship and lifelong gift
Amy was 53 years old. Her oldest daughter was away at college, and she and her husband had just begun paying for her to rent an apartment off-campus with some friends. And a room in their home in Piedmont, California was sitting vacant.“Maybe we could find...
These nonprofits seek encore talent now
Looking for great opportunities to kickstart your encore? Three fantastic organizations have openings that could be perfect for experienced people looking for a new challenge in the not-for-profit world. Want to work in city hall? Cities of Service Seeks...
From Encore Fellow to Full-time Leader at the Girl Scouts
For the last 15 years of her midlife career, Francesca Vollaro was an executive in the global relocation field. She managed teams providing Fortune 500 companies with full-service global relocation programs for their employees and specialized in opening new divisions...