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2020 Election: The Candidates’ National Service Plans
One presidential hopeful has a service proposal to unite generations I’ve been studying the candidates running for president, searching for ideas they have to bring us together as a nation. As a former board member of the federal Corporation for National and...
To Help More Young People, These Nonprofits Learned to Tap the Talent of Older Ones
How can nonprofits tap a new and growing source of talent -- people over 50 -- to improve the lives of the children and youth they serve? To help answer the question, nine youth-serving nonprofits -- all members of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities --...
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...
Giving
Five p.m. on a Tuesday, mid-winter. I’m sitting in the basement of St. Cyril’s Macedonian Orthodox Church in Regent Park in downtown Toronto. Teenagers drift in – by turns chatty, solemn, effusive, shy. Quickly they shed their coats to colonize the bare beat-up tables...
THEN: Homeless, Addicted & Convicted…NOW: Time’s “100 Most Influential People”
Time Magazine’s 2019 “100 Most Influential People” List includes Lady Gaga, Donald Trump, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Dwayne Johnson. And it also includes Desmond Meade. In 2005, Desmond Meade had three strikes against him. He was homeless. He was a drug addict....
My Encore Fellowship Opened Doors
After 36 years at IBM, Greg Burnett became an Encore Fellow at The Salvation Army of Stamford, Connecticut. He worked full time for five months, focusing on strategic planning, community outreach and program development (he helped to create a new scholarship program...
Marc Freedman: Building Bridges Across Generations
The CEO of Encore.org explains why it's important to society for older citizens to mix with younger people as the age gap widens. Want to live forever? Marc Freedman can help. No, he’s not one of the Silicon Valley “immortalists” seeking to radically prolong human...
Experienced Talent Wanted: Apply for Encore Fellowships Today
Encore.org is looking for Encore Fellows for mid to late career professionals wishing to transition to the social impact sector in paid, high-impact assignments. Fellows will contribute 1,000 hours on a flexible work schedule while learning about the non-profit...
Host a Clothing Swap: Gen2Gen Style
Great 'new' clothing and accessories aren't the only treasures to be discovered When my mother started her now-famous clothing swap about 11 years ago, we weren’t thinking, “Let’s bring the generations together.” We were thinking, “Let’s figure out how to indulge our...