My Journey
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A Retired State Trooper Spends Retirement Fighting for Kids
A retired police officer finds fulfillment as a volunteer advocate for early-childhood education.
- A Lawyer Reaches Back to His Youthful Idealism
- A University Administrator Follows a Daughter's Lead in Creating a Charity for India's Children
- Retired Corporate Lawyer Takes a Leap Into the World of Volunteering
- Former Ad Executive Finds Nonprofit Work Comes With Modest Pay but Rich Benefits
- Onetime Aerospace Supervisor Finds New Mission in Nonprofit World
- What Older Volunteers Want: Assignments With Substance
- Looking at Nonprofit Work in a New Way
- Finding a New Path: Advice From a Veteran Charity Leader
- How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
- A Nonprofit Leader Builds His Encore Career
Expert Advice
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Breaking Into a Career in the Nonprofit World
An intensely competitive job market is making it harder than ever for recent graduates and established business professionals to break into careers in the nonprofit world.
- Changing Careers to Change the World
- Making the Jump
What Is Regeneration?
Regeneration is a series about the growing movement to promote ways for people who have reached traditional retirement age to work for social causes. If you have comments, or would like to submit an opinion or first-person piece, please send a message to regeneration@philanthropy.com
Regeneration Articles
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Professionals Turn to Retraining Programs in Quest for Nonprofit Jobs
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Recession Pinches a Community College's Effort to Help Baby Boomers
- Older Nonprofit Innovators Recognized for Work That Helps Create Social Change
- 73% of Older Americans Volunteer, Survey Finds
- States Seek to Tap Into Growing Resource: Older Volunteers
- Nonprofit Groups Seek to Win Federal Support for Older Volunteers
- Resources for Getting Involved in Nonprofit Work
- Charities Miss Opportunities to Recruit Older Americans
- Acting Their Age
- Prize-Winning Charities Face Many Challenges as They Try to Grow
- Real Work Gives Real Meaning to an Unpaid Charity Job
- The Innovation of Age
- Making a Difference: a Glance at Purpose Prize Finalists
- Later Life Is Ripe for Reinvention, Nonprofit Leader Asserts in New Book
- Older Workers Are a Growing Force in Managing Cleveland's Public Parks
- Putting Older Americans to Work for Good Causes: Award Winners
- Baby Boomers Seek a Purposeful Direction in Later Life, Study Finds
- Government Incentives Could Increase Volunteering, Experts Say
- 'Seasoned Warriors' Urged to Use Their Skills to Benefit Society
- Building Charities for a New Age
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