Posted 04/01/2009 - 11:51:07am by Cal Halvorsen in Encore Employers
Dear Encore Employers (formally called BreakThrough Employers) members,
Is your organization tapping the talent of adults over 50 to help drive your mission? Do you know other organizations - nonprofit or public sector - utilizing innovative strategies to attract and retain experienced adults?
MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures have opened the Encore Opportunity Awards to recognize organizations that are effectively tapping the passion and experience of people over 50 to improve society. Winners receive a $2,500 award.
Nominations are open at http://www.civicventures.org/encoreopportunity until June 1, 2009.
Please help us spread the word by circulating the email below and/or posting information in a newsletter or on your website. If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to contact me at chalvorsen@civicventures.org or (202) 478-6186.
Thank you for your consideration, and your help!
All the best,
Cal Halvorsen
Program Associate, Encore Opportunity Awards
Civic Ventures
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Dear NAME
The Encore Opportunity Awards are open for innovative nonprofit and public sector organizations tapping boomer talent to help tackle pressing social issues. The $2,500 award will be given to creative organizations engaging people over 50 in encore careers - careers that combine continued income with personal meaning and social impact - to accomplish their mission and meet society's biggest needs.
Nominations may be submitted at www.civicventures.org/encoreopportunity. The deadline is June 1, 2009.
Winners will be showcased for their leadership and human resource expertise through wide dissemination of promising practices to others, including stakeholders identified by the award winners and potential investors in expanding such practices. Organizations that employ or match older people over 50 with nonprofit and public sector employers are eligible for the award.
In the first year of this program, awards were given to 10 "breakthrough" organizations. Read about the awardees and their organizations in the 2007 MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures BreakThrough Award report at http://www.civicventures.org/breakthrough/reports/BTAreport.pdf.
Please pass on this information to the appropriate person in your organization (self-nominations are encouraged), and to organizations you believe would be good candidates. You may also nominate these organizations yourself.
Learn more about the Encore Opportunity Awards at http://www.civicventures.org/encoreopportunity. Please note that letters of intent are requested by May 1 and all nominations must be received no later than June 1, 2009.
Thank you for your interest,
NAME
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