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Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference
By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it’s time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…
Author: The Chronicle on Philanthropy
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Babies & Boomers
‘Engaging Boomers in Early Childhood’ grants help area nonprofits attain more older volunteers to assist children Original Source The Family Nurturing Center in Medford, Oregon is one of three Community Experience Partnership pilot sites. CEP is an Atlantic grantee. By Sanne Specht Becky Walsh sits…
Author: Mail Tribune (South Oregon)
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Will Employers Want Aging Boomers?
Less well-educated baby boomers who seek to work into their retirement years in the United States may need assistance from the government through policy changes, according to this report by the Urban Institute. Author(s): Gordon Mermin, Richard W. Johnson, Eric ToderPermanent Link: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411705 The nonpartisan Urban…
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For baby boomers, retirement likely to include a job
by DOUG BATES If you’re among the first wave of baby boomers thinking of retiring soon, here are a few phrases you might start practicing: “Paper or plastic?” “Welcome to Wal-Mart.” “Want fries with that?” You won’t necessarily be bagging groceries, greeting shoppers or flipping…
Author: Kalamazoo Gazette
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Baby boomers find meaning in 'encore careers' at nonprofit groups
Original Source By BOB MOOS Move over, Bill Gates. You’ve got company. The former full-time executive of Microsoft and present co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is just one of an estimated 1.1 million baby boomers who have traded jobs in the corporate…
Author: The Dallas Morning News
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Downsizings force baby boomers to reinvent careers
Original Source by BOB MOOS After a decade or more of corporate downsizings, baby boomers are looking upon cradle-to-grave job security with the same nostalgia as Hula Hoops and 45 rpm records. When boomers entered the workforce, many thought they could spend their careers with…
Author: Dallas Morning News
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Baby boomers aren't sailing into cushy retirements
by JANE GLENN HAAS It wasn’t supposed to end this way. For baby boomers trickling toward retirement, these were going to be the golden years. The good life earned after toiling in some version of the 20th-Century vineyards. A big percentage of boomers envisioned no…
Author: The Orange County Register
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Colleges reaching out to boomers
By Bob Moos Downsized and depressed, Leigh Hoes was approaching 50 and won-dering what to do with the rest of her work life. Then one day, as she leafed through a course catalog that had arrived in the mail from RichlandCollege in Dallas, the idea…
Author: Dallas Morning News
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How Much Longer Will Boomers Need to Work?
by Emily Brandon The typical American retires at age 63. Those fortunate few who have traditional pensions, retiree health insurance, and a fully loaded 401(k) will probably be fine. But if you haven’t saved enough to fund 30 years of retirement–and most baby boomers aren’t…
Author: USNEWS.com
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Retired baby boomers can help with public service
Original Source BY PAUL ARFIN Paul Arfin is president of Intergenerational Strategies, which is a partner with Dowling College’s Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice. As millions of baby boomers approach traditional retirement age, many experts are warning that such a massive workforce exodus could…
Author: New York Newsday
