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Every year Americans lose over 40 billion dollars in telemarketing, investment, and charity fraud. Research shows that vulnerable seniors are less likely to fall prey to telemarketing scams when...
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"Neighborhood improvement and recovery is not just for the experts!" That is the motto of Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles, a community outreach program of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute. NKLA...
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A Community Building Workbook from the Asset Based Community Development Institute. Stories of communities that have found powerful ways to include the individual gifts of people who have been...
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At the University of Maryland, College Park, an adult health and development program employs physical and social activities and health education in an intergenerational context that has a solid...
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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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Often low-income nursing home and assisted living facility residents are unable to advocate for themselves in the areas of social, legal, physical, and mental health. Many of these elders do not have...
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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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High school students in North Adams, Massachusetts, concluded a year-long study of the elderly in society by hosting a senior-senior prom for local senior citizens. The students built relationships...
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Through the Treasure Valley, Idaho RSVP, the seniors at Chateau de Boise have started a mutually beneficial relationship with local nonprofits in their area. The Chateau de Boise Craft Club gives...
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Cellular phones with discontinued service can be used for 911 emergency calls without having to pay monthly service fees. Collecting donated cell phones, and distributing them to low-income seniors,...
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This program brief about the Safe Neighborhoods AmeriCorps Partnership (SNAP) in Bridgeport, Connecticut presents public safety training and related practices undertaken by AmeriCorps members,...
