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ENCORE JOURNEY: Dentist spearheads low-income clinic

Seymour Rettinger was devastated when his orthopedic surgeon looked at his arthritic fingers and told him he had to stop practicing immediately. Rettinger had been a dentist for more than three decades.
Now he has a new career heading a nonprofit dental clinic for low-income families in Middlebury, Vt.
He is amazed to find himself doing things he never imagined, like writing business plans, meeting with local funders to solicit grants and combing census data. He’s now working more than full time and loves his new career.
“The need is here,” he said, “and uniquely, I fill that void because I have the skill, the motivation and the time. And the time is the most important. I can give all my time to this.”
SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED: Seeking nonprofit switchers

Have you switched — or do you want to — from business or government to a job at a nonprofit organization?
The Conference Board, a business research and membership group, wants to hear from experienced workers who have moved, or wish to move, from for-profit or government jobs into the nonprofit sector. It has extended the deadline for responses until May 21.
The goal is to better understand the key cultural, generational, intergenerational challenges they face, and which pathways they find most effective in moving to the nonprofit sector.
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| Frederick Eisele | Aging in place / Naturally occurring retirement community (NORC) | 0 | May 1 2008 - 6:48am | |
| Claudia Cameron | Consulting as an Encore Transition Path | 4 | Apr 18 2008 - 12:17pm | |
| Katharyn Waterfield | New Forum format needed | 2 | Apr 17 2008 - 10:58am | |
| Joe Wasylyk | Seniorpreneur Project | 26 | Jan 30 2008 - 12:19pm | |
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| Kathleen Clark | Medical/Legal Processes in Health Care | 0 | Dec 15 2007 - 10:31am |
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