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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 18, Issue 04)Byline: Leah Kerkman Rockville, Md. -- When officials at Mercy Health Clinic, in Germantown, Md., wanted to start a new health and exercise program for immigrants, their initial thought was to get grant money to help...
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From:Journal of Aging Studies (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis research investigated the significance of primary orientations to volunteer work. Based on data from 745 volunteer ombudsmen in nursing facilities ([bar]X age, 69 years), hypotheses about relationships between...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 19, Issue 17)Byline: Debra E. Blum Michael McCormick learned about responsibility during his 42-year career printing Cleveland'sdaily newspaper. "We had deadlines to get the paper out on time," says Mr. McCormick, who worked...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 18, Issue 04)Byline: Suzanne Perry In January, the baby-boom generation will start getting wooed by television ads urging them to volunteer. The Harvard School of Public Health and the MetLife Foundation, as part of a project...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 19, Issue 17)Byline: Debra E. Blum When Roger Forrester learned that many of the residents in his Arizona retirement communitywanted to work again but didn't know how to go about getting a job, he decided to do something about...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 17, Issue 17)Byline: Jennifer C. Berkshire As the nation gets ready for the retirement of the baby boomers -- the eldest members of the generation turn 60 next year -- much of the focus has been on providing them with health care...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 18, Issue 04)Byline: Suzanne Perry After Jim Hilliard, 57, was laid off from his job as a records manager at a Cleveland bank in 2003, he concluded he'd had enough of the corporate world. He decided to get a degree in public...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 19, Issue 17)Byline: Debra E. Blum Madge Lynn says that walking into the Lexington, Ky., nursing home that she visits as part of her job is likewalking into the opening scene of a play. "There is so much interaction between...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 19, Issue 15)As the oldest of the 78 million baby boomers approach retirement, more and more people are promoting ways to get older Americans involved in volunteering with nonprofit and other organizations to help fill unmet...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 14, Issue 19)A few days each week, a group of retired people file into a trailer behind an elementary school in a low-income North Philadelphia neighborhood and get to work. Their mission: helping struggling students improve reading...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 36, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedVolunteering is viewed as an empowerment process whereby older adults actively Participate in the community and improve their well-being and health. Yet little is known about racial differences in volunteering, and even...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 18, Issue 04)Byline: Michael Anft As nonprofit organizations look for ways to finance programs to encourage older Americans to volunteer, they are confronted with a dilemma: How will they pay for programs that draw in older...
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From:Nursing Economics (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedA growing population of educated and skilled younger retirees may help provide volunteer services to the growing population of frail elderly in homes, hospitals, and community agencies. Nursing professionals are in key...
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From:Ostomy Quarterly (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA VERY SPECIAL VOLUNTEER UOA has many wonderful volunteers, and the UOA central office has been lucky to have the services of a very special one. Since last summer, George Hubbard has been coming into the office on...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 19, Issue 15)Byline: Ian Wilhelm Older Americans who volunteer receive significant health benefits from their charitable efforts, including added years to their lives, says a new report. While people often say they feel a...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 36, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedVolunteer-based programs are increasingly designed as interventions to affect the volunteers and the beneficiaries of the volunteers' activities. To achieve the intended impacts for both, programs need to leverage the...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 18, Issue 04)Byline: Suzanne Perry When Chris Klose was 16, he was electrified by President John F. Kennedy's famous appeal: "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." In 1968 Mr. Klose...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 17, Issue 18)Byline: Brennen Jensen Nearly half of people age 50 to 70 hope that after they retire they will be able to take jobs that improve the quality of life in their communities, a new survey says. Fewer than 15 percent of...