Here are resources on Encore.org.
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| $100K Purpose Prize Winners: Five People Over 60 Who Are Changing the World | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Architecture and Design, Children & Youth, Economic Development, Opportunity, Education & Training, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Family and Parenting, Immigration, International & Foreign Affairs, Poverty, At-Risk Populations, Psychology & Mental Health | Civic Ventures is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people find meaningful, purpose-filled work in the second half of life. Each year the organization selects five people over who have made... |
| $3K Website Connects Farms to Restaurants, Creating Virtual Co-op | Community Improvement & Organizing, Economic Development, Opportunity, Education & Training, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit, Rural Issues, Technology, Telecommunication | From beekeepers using the Internet to fight colony collapse disorder to wireless soil sensors optimizing farm resources, a return to sustainable farming does not mean a rejection of what technology... |
| 10 Hot Careers for Job Hunters | Environment & Sustainability, Finance & Financial Planning, Health Care, Nonprofit | Elizabeth Hanes spent years in middle management at a corporate job before she turned 45 and decided she wanted more out of life. She enrolled in nursing school and five years later is happily... |
| 10 Who Did Good, Do Well | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Arts, Culture, Humanities, Children & Youth, Community Improvement & Organizing, Consumer Protection, Education & Training, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Ethnic & Cultural Diversity, Family and Parenting, Food, Nutrition & Agriculture, Health Care, Housing & Shelter, International & Foreign Affairs, Nonprofit, Poverty, At-Risk Populations, Real Estate, Recovery, Addiction and Abuse | Ten people who set out to do something good are doing a little better themselves as a result. They've been named recipients of this year's Purpose Prize, which comes with a cash award of up to $100,... |
| 2009 Encore Opportunity Award publication | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Aging & Older Adult Services, Community Improvement & Organizing, Education & Training, Environment & Sustainability, Nonprofit, Other | Civic Ventures, with support from MetLife Foundation, is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Encore Opportunity Awards. Spread across the country, the eight 2009 Encore Opportunity Award... |
| 2009 Encore Opportunity Award Winners ... Retirement, Redefined | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Children & Youth, Construction & Facilities, Disability Rights & Services, Education & Training, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Ethnic & Cultural Diversity, Food, Nutrition & Agriculture, Government, Housing & Shelter, Law, Justice & Legal Services, Management & Executive, Nonprofit, Public Protection, Criminal Justice, Victim Issues, Public Safety, Disaster Response & Prep, Technology | One of the groups creating a modern vision of a purpose-driven retirement is Civic Ventures with encore careers, or “paid jobs that offer meaning and the chance to make a social impact.” The MetLife... |
| 3 Boomers, 3 Nest Egg Scenarios | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Community Improvement & Organizing, Environment & Sustainability, Finance & Financial Planning, Nonprofit, Poverty, At-Risk Populations, Urban Affairs | Amy Pierce, George Grenchik and Purpose Prize winner Margaret Gordon live in different parts of the country, hold different jobs and make different incomes. Their common bond? Each turns 65 in 2011,... |
| 5 Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World | Children & Youth, Economic Development, Opportunity, Education & Training, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Family and Parenting, Immigration, International & Foreign Affairs, Nonprofit, Poverty, At-Risk Populations | They're game-changers, innovators, all past 60 and making a difference in their communities and the world. Meet the five winners of the 2011 Purpose Prize – $100,000 awards given to outstanding... |
| 5 Winners Who Are Over 60 and Changing the World | Advocacy, Social Action, Policy, Arts, Culture, Humanities, Children & Youth, Community Improvement & Organizing, Consumer Protection, Economic Development, Opportunity, Education & Training, Energy, Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability, Family and Parenting, Food, Nutrition & Agriculture, Health Care, Housing & Shelter, Human Rights, International & Foreign Affairs, Nonprofit, Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Poverty, At-Risk Populations, Real Estate, Recovery, Addiction and Abuse, Religion/Spirituality, Rural Issues, Urban Affairs | Retirement can be a time to kick back and take a relaxing cruise, but for the 10 winners of The Purpose Prize, life after 60 is all about giving back. Civic Ventures grants The Prize to individuals... |
| A Green Encore Recycling Mannequins | Entrepreneur, Environment & Sustainability | In her encore career, Judi Henderson-Townsend recycles more than 100,000 pounds of mannequins a year. Hers is an example of a for-profit green business that serves the greater good. She recalls her... |
