Resources tagged with term(s) "Baby boomers, Civic engagement"

Senior Corps

The official national Senior Corps website of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation: Research, Policy, and Practice Perspectives

Offers a thorough explanation of the programs, policies, and civic opportunities available to people age 50 and older. Designed as an essential resource for nonprofit organizations seeking to...
Experience at Work: Volunteering and Giving Among Americans 50 and Over

Gives an analysis of the over-50 population in the United States by examining their current giving and volunteering patterns. Compares the philanthropic habits of Americans still in their working...
Prime Time: How Baby-Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America

Demonstrates why the aging of America is potentially a vast natural resource, giving older people an opportunity to become involved in ways that are personally meaningful and beneficial to...
Motivating generational cohorts to civic engagement

Each population of potential volunteers is unique in its approach to volunteering. Program alignment activities and outreach ideas for Millennials, Generation X, baby boomers, and Veterans should all...
Building a community-wide service ethic through intergenerational service-learning

A small, coastal Oregon town that has experienced many transitions in employment and lifestyle has come together around community-wide service-learning projects that benefit its citizens. Their...
Communicating the joys of volunteering

Besides being philanthropic, studies have shown that volunteering increases health and longevity. But the real virtue may be in the pleasures gained in the process — seeing a smile or...
Attracting younger seniors to volunteer service

There are 76 million baby boomers who are now beginning to reach retirement age. How can volunteer agencies effectively recruit this population? At the 2002 Senior Corps Conference in Salt Lake City...
Enlisting baby boomers as Senior Corps volunteers

Baby boomers represent the youngest of new recruits that Senior Corps programs are seeking to enlist. This report, Baby Boomers and the New Age of Volunteerism, by National Service Fellow Dawn...
Marketing volunteer opportunities to baby boomers

The world of senior volunteerism is undergoing a transformation of unprecedented proportions driven by the baby boomer generation. Senior Corps program directors and sponsoring agency executives...