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Senior Corps Week – May 7- 11, 2012 – Making a Difference for Generations
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The official national Senior Corps website of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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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...
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North Dakota State University, sponsor of six regional RSVP programs in the state, has formed an innovative partnership with the North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service agents to train RSVP...
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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...
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Successful recruitment of older adults requires a well-thought out plan, including consideration of desirable characteristics, motivation, fears, recruitment message, relationship building, and...
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In an effort both to raise funds and to serve the community, Florida Gulf Coast University's Center for Civic Engagement holds a basket making competition each year in which university groups compete...
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Answering the President's "call to service" resulted in the Ohio Community Service Council partnering with other lead service organizations in creating Citizen Corps in that state. County...
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Foster Grandparents can be an integral part of homeland security development and implementation. In Livingston County, New York, Foster Grandparents are included in the disaster response plan and...
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Across the country service men and women from all branches of the military have been called away from home to active duty in difficult and oftentimes dangerous situations. Many of these men and women...
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Volunteers with RSVP present a ready population that is able and willing to participate in homeland security efforts. RSVP programs seeking new ways to appropriately utilize seniors in this capacity...
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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...
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Because there is no home pickup for recycling in Cascade County, Montana, the Cascade County RSVP organized a recycling program. Approximately 187 volunteers collect and transport materials from...
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RSVP volunteers in Orange County, California, are assisting law enforcement agencies by performing many non-risk tasks that would otherwise pull officers away from their focus on citizen safety....
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Use local businesses, media outlets, and service agencies in your community as resources for targeting potential senior volunteers. This effective practice suggests several ideas for targeted...
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Senior Corps Volunteer Participation: An Effective Means to Improve Life Satisfaction, a 2001 study by National Service Fellow Peter J. Gartland, provides a systematic method that Senior Corps...
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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...
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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...
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Volunteers working as individuals can accomplish many things, but volunteers working together as a team, with effective leadership, can accomplish much more. The Seniors for Habitat initiative...
