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Baltimore Mayor Supports Experience Corps - The Baltimore Sun, Apr. 25, 2008. Experience Corps has 373 senior volunteers working in 20 Baltimore city schools."The volunteers provide a commitment for mentoring and tutoring kids and provide a mature presence in the schools," said Sylvia McGill, the director of public education programs at Experience Corps and the Greater Homewood Community Association.
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National Organization Honors Experience Corps in Baltimore - Johns Hopkins Gazette, Apr. 17, 2008. The Greater Homewood Community Corporation and Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health were honored last week in Washington with the Bridge Builders Award for their collaborative work in perfecting Baltimore's unique model of the national Experience Corps program.
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Not Your Grandfather's Retirement - PBS, Apr. 4, 2008. Many retirees are making up for American labor shortfalls while contributing their lifetimes of experience to those they work with. Marc Freedman talks about Experience Corps, which matches up communities in need with retirees who have the skills and desire to help.
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Tempe and Mesa Experience Corps - Linking Older Adults with Young Learners - Virigina Piper Trust Newsletter, Mar. 14, 2008. The Experience Corps programs, now in twenty cities around the country, measurably demonstrate increases in academic achievement and improvement in children's self esteem - while also benefiting the older adult.
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Watch The Video of Experience Corps New York - Mar. 7, 2008.
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AmeriCorps Study Shows Improvement - Center for American Progress, Feb. 15, 2008. Studies of Experience Corps, which operates nationwide with 500 AmeriCorps members as well as additional volunteers, show that 97 percent of teachers agree or strongly agree that the members improve the learning environment, with three out of four reporting that students made significant academic progress as a result.
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Discovering Second Acts in Sustained Working Lives - The New York Times, Feb. 12, 2008. Marc Freedman has become the voice of aging baby boomers who are eschewing retirement for what he calls "encore careers," long periods of meaningful and sustaining work later in life. Mr. Freedman, who was one of the founders of Experience Corps, now runs Civic Ventures, an incubator of programs and ideas to redefine the second half of life.
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Experience Corps Host Gerontology Network Receives Grant from Grand Rapids Community Foundation - WZZM13 News, Jan. 18, 2008. Gerontology Network has received a $100,000 grant from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation to continue growing the Experience Corps program in the Grand Rapids Public Schools.
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Making an Everlasting Impact - United Way Newsletter, Jan. 17, 2008. When a family friend told Robert and Que Payne about Experience Corps, it sounded like exactly what they were looking for.
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Retirement With a Purpose - Forbes.com, Jan. 15, 2008. Today, there are millions of Americans retiring and looking for ways to give back to their communities.
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San Francisco Mayor Calls For Experience Corps Expansion - www.encore.org, Jan. 10, 2008. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom became the latest political leader to call for the expansion of Experience Corps, the successful tutoring and mentoring program engaging adults over 55, as a way to improve public schools.
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Baby Boomers Become a Classroom Resource - The Arizona Republic, Dec. 17, 2007. Experience Corps Mesa is tapping into the newest crop of volunteers - baby boomers.
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Planning a Second Career? - US News and World Report, Dec. 10, 2007. It's fun to dream about what you really want to do with your work life. Maybe you've always wanted to run away with the circus or start a chocolate company. If you're lucky - and industrious - you might just get to a midpoint in your life when you can act on that inner ambition.
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Retirees Rejoin Ranks, Take Expertise to Classrooms - Contra Costa Times, Dec. 2, 2007. With fewer college graduates entering the field of education, a growing wave of retirees from all professions are finding a welcome home as employees or volunteers at campuses across the Bay Area.
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Mrs. Thompson is my Friend: Volunteering at Malcolm X Academy - San Francisco Bay View, Nov. 21, 2007. When third-grader Destiny comes running up to Barbara Thomas in the playground at Malcolm X Academy, there is no doubt that something special is going on. Thomas gets a big hug from the sweet-faced student and when Destiny is asked about the hug, she says simply, "Mrs. Thomas is my friend."
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Taking Care of Your Parents: Keeping Them Socially Connected - U.S. News and World Report, Nov. 9, 2007. Richard Williams, 71, spends three days each week tutoring middle schoolers in Port Arthur, Texas, through Experience Corps. "The best way to get uninvolved with yourself," says the widower, "is to get involved with someone who needs help."
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Boomers Lend a Hand in Classrooms - The Arizona Republic, Nov. 1, 2007. Experience Corps Mesa is tapping into the newest crop of volunteers - baby boomers. This movement of millions of 50- and 60-somethings into a new phase in their working lives constitutes one of the most significant social trends in nearly half a century.
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Tutors Welcome the Chance to Share With Students - The Arizona Republic, Nov. 1, 2007. Meet two new Mesa Experience Corps volunteers.
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Senior Mentors Return to Class to Help Kids - Marin Independent Journal, Nov. 1, 2007. Many retirees search for meaningful ways to use their time. A range of people, from former teachers to a bus driver, are participating as volunteers at Venetia Valley Elementary School.
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President Bush Honors Philadephia Experience Corps Member - Oct. 31, 2007. President Bush presented the President's Volunteer Service Award to Howard Gilpin of the Philadelphia Experience Corps.
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For Love and a Little Money - The New York Times, Oct. 23, 2007. Shirley A. Jones spent most of her career in administrative work, but she loved being with children. Experience Corps placed her in a job in Harlem, tutoring four children for 45 minutes a day. The monthly stipend "comes in handy for car fare and lunch money," she said, but her main incentive "is the confidence in those kids' eyes when they finish the program."
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Thousands of Retirees Are Helping Children Learn to Read - Parade Online Magazine, Oct. 17, 2007. They have practiced many professions: social workers, military contractors, high school football coaches, funeral home employees. But today, they help children practice their reading.
"As a nation, we have a huge resource - people who have finished their mid-life careers and want to pursue work that matters," says John Gomperts, co-founder of Experience Corps.
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Why Do Some Aging Brains Stay Sharp? - The Associated Press, Oct. 16, 2007. When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do - in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up. Johns Hopkins University has a major government-funded study under way called the "Experience Corps," where older adults volunteer to tutor school students 15 hours a week, to see if such long-term stimulation maintains the elders' brains.
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Experience Corps Helps Tempe, Arizona, to Receive Honor - East Valley Living, Oct. 15, 2007. Tempe, Arizona, was named One of the Top 100 U.S. Communities for Youth
by America's Promise. The organization looks for communities that fulfill its Five Promises: Caring Adults; Safe Places; Healthy Start; Effective Education; and Opportunities to Help Others. Experience Corps was cited as a key factor in Tempe receiving the award.
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Medfield Students Reach New Heights on Test Scores - The Baltimore Messenger, Oct. 15, 2007. Baltimore City School's CEO Andres Alonso toured Medfield Heights to see the school's Experience Corps program. The program uses senior citizens as volunteer teachers' aides.
"Schools should be the core of the community," Alonso said.
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For Tutor, it's a 'Wonderful Life' - Tucson Citizen, Oct. 11, 2007. Frank Nibley has been a tutor for the past two years as part of Experience Corps. "It's very fulfilling, and it's very satisfying," he says. "I've had a wonderful life because of it."
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Change of Life? Not for Working Boomers - The Inland News, Oct. 11, 2007. Whether it's a lifestyle choice or because of pressing financial need, experts say the leading edge of the baby boom generation is staying on the job past the traditional retirement age.
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States Turn to Seniors for Help in Classrooms - Stateline.org, Oct. 9, 2007. As baby boomers reach retirement age and begin to leave the ranks of public school teachers in droves, states are recruiting retirees from other professions to volunteer or start second careers as teachers.
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Experience Corps in Cleveland Expands - Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 1, 2007. RSVP of Greater Cleveland will use $150,000 from the Cleveland Foundation and more than $107,000 from AmeriCorps to broaden RSVP's Experience Corps program.
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Experience Corps Member Brings Art to Literacy - Novato Advance, Sep. 27, 2007. Experience Corps member Suzette Westsmith integrates her love of art with tutoring reading. "You have to have fun," she said as she helped students. "Otherwise, what's the point of being in school?"
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Experience Corps on the Charlie Rose Show - Sep. 24, 2007. TIME magazine's coverage of national service was the subject of a recent Charlie Rose Show. Rose interviewed Rick Stengel, TIME's editor, along with Caroline Kennedy and Jeffery Sachs. The show concluded with Charlie Rose encouraging viewers to volunteer. Rose holds the magazine open to the resource section and names Experience Corps as one option to consider.
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Recommended Reading from CEO of Experience Corps - Wall St. Journal, Sep. 24, 2007. If you're starting the important - and challenging - task of deciding how best to use your time and talents in your 50s and beyond, consider the following resources recommended by John Gomperts, chief executive of Experience Corps.
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A Time to Serve - The Case for National Service - Time Magazine, Sep. 10, 2007. Experience Corps is included in a Time magazine cover article exploring the value of National Service. "Many seniors are interested in careers that are influenced by a spirit of service. Over half want to work in the education, health-care and nonprofit sector," says Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and co-founder of Experience Corps. Experience Corps is the largest AmeriCorps program for people over 55; it consists of teams of 10 to 15 people working to improve reading for students in kindergarten through third grade.
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Experience Corps is a Win-Win Proposition - Temple University News, Sep. 4, 2007. At a table in the library of the Gen. George G. Meade School in North Philadelphia, Barbara Ford is doing what elders have done since the beginning of time: sharing her wisdom with the next generation.
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WTNH in New Haven, CT Interview with Experience Corps Member and Principal - Aug. 16, 2007. "I always wanted to volunteer in my retirement," said Experience Corps member Nick Digioia. "And I love kids. This was right in my ballpark."
"Our students are vying for this attention," explains Lynette Kelleher, principal of Helen Street Elementary School. "It is an opportunity for them to work with this age group."
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Experience Corps Coming to Hamden Schools - Hamden Chronicle, Aug. 13, 2007. Experience Corps is a national Civic Ventures initiative that trains older adults (55+) to work with elementary school children in kindergarten through third grade to improve their reading skills.
"Experience Corps directly addresses one of our region's most critical challenges: education disparity," says Jack Healy, United Way President and CEO. "Research has shown that if a student is not reading on grade level by the end of third grade, it is unlikely that he or she will 'catch-up' in future years of schooling."
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Retirement Should Be the Start of Something - The Denver Post, Jul. 23, 2007. Every eight seconds, a baby boomer turns 60. You know their names: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Reggie Jackson, Suzanne Somers. Even Cher. (Or at least parts of Cher.) Your mom. Your dad. Maybe even you.
This article links to a video interview with Marc Freedman, author of Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life (Public Affairs, 2007). Freeman is the founder of Civic Ventures, a think tank that concentrates on helping "society achieve the greatest return on experience," and launched Experience Corps to demonstrate the value of incorporating an older workforce in community service.
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Experience Corps Member Meets President Bush - Jul. 10, 2007. Gerris Farris, 63, a tutor of fifth grade students at Scranton Elementary School in Cleveland, Ohio, was chosen to meet President Bush because of her community involvement. Farris has been a member of Experience Corps, a program of RSVP of Greater Cleveland, for three years.
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Job Encore: Where and How to Find Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life - MoneyWatch, Jun. 21, 2007. Many Americans long to work in the job of their dreams after they retire from their first career. But what do these "encore" jobs look like and how does one find one? The nation is also in need of educators, says Freedman, author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life. There is a need for teachers in math, science and special education. Given the commitment required, he suggests signing up with a local school district as a substitute teacher before diving headlong into teaching as a career. Experience Corps is one resource for those who want to mentor or tutor elementary school students.
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Author Sees Career Encore for Boomers - Arizona Republic, Jun. 19, 2007. "In three years, millions of baby boomers will turn retirement age, a time that their parents viewed as the Golden Years, when golf and rocking on the front porch seemed like ideal pastimes," writes Felt. The article profiles the book, Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life, and cites Experience Corps as a resource for people who are beginning to think about volunteering as an encore career.
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New Concept for Boomer Retirement: Freedom to Work - Orange County Register, Jun. 11, 2007. Experience Corps cited in an interview with Marc Freedman, CEO of Civic Ventures and author of Encore, Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life. "Freedman insists he's not talking about a bunch of 'do-gooders,' but wants to tap into a global sense of people doing something to make a difference in the world."
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Exercising the Brain to Keep It Sharp - The Buffalo News, Jun. 1, 2007. The article explores ways in which working may help to keep the mind sharp, and points to a Johns Hopkins University study of Experience Corps members. "Volunteering may be especially helpful," the article reports. "Researchers studied 128 volunteers ranging in age from 60 to 86, who worked at least 15 hours a week. Cognitive stimulation, as well as physical strength and social interactions, increased."
Of double interest: this article was also picked up by Kiplinger Personal Finance.
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Baby boomers returning to work - The Coloradoan, Apr. 12, 2007. John Gomperts of Experience Corps, a national service organization for Americans older than 55, said retirement has changed. "I think it's unlikely that our retirement is going to look like our parents' retirement," he said. "We're likely to live much longer, and those extra years are going to mean all kinds of things. It's unlikely to be pure leisure. It's unlikely to be pure anything. It's more likely to be a mix involving work, leisure and family."
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Experience Corps Help Classrooms Thrive - ABC7, Apr. 2, 2007. Profiles Experience Corps in the Bay Area, interviewing several tutors and discussing the impact the program has on students as well as members in a news segment that "salutes" Experience Corps "for passing some of that experience along to a new generation, here and around the country."
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Harold Ford calls for a 'primary of ideas' - Gannet News Service, Mar. 28, 2007. The country needs a year-long "primary of ideas" leading up to the selection of presidential candidates, Harold Ford Jr. said in prepared remarks in his first major policy speech as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. Among those ideas, Ford called for the "dramatic expansion" of "Americans' opportunities to serve by expanding AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, Experience Corps, and state-based Civilian Defense Corps."
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No generation gap separates kids, volunteer tutors - Arizona Daily Star, Mar. 8, 2007. Frank Nibley, 72, is able to tutor individual children at Centennial Elementary School because of his participation in Experience Corps, a volunteer tutoring program for people 55 or older coordinated and sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona. "The connection they have with kids is huge," Centennial Principal Lynette Patton said. "They are really supplying them a lot of time and attention."
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Boomer volunteers demanding higher-level work - MarketWatch, Mar. 8, 2007. Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts appears prepared for boomers' higher expectations. Instead of calling them volunteers, Experience Corps has 2,000 "members" who go into struggling schools in 21 communities to help kindergarten through third-grade students bolster their literacy skills. Most members give 15 hours a week and go through 30 hours of training before they start. "What we're beginning to see is that boomers are really focused on making an impact through their volunteer opportunities," Gomperts said, as opposed to volunteering for its own sake. "They want to focus on big problems and effective solutions. It's not entirely the way the volunteer community is set up right now. It requires some adjustment."
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Tempe and Mesa Experience Corps - Linking Older Adults with Young Learners - Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Newsletter, Mar. 8, 2007. Alice and her 26 colleagues in the Tempe project join the Mesa Experience Corps members to work with young children on reading, word and letter identification and writing. The two projects, funded by The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, provide productive opportunities for older adults to make a very real contribution to the well-being of children who may need that little "extra" attention. In order to ensure that the children get the best assistance possible, Experience Corps provides a rigorous screening and training program for its members.
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Annapolis Wants to Keep Md. Baby Boomers Active - Capital News Service, Mar. 6, 2007. Maryland state officials are considering a bill that asks the state to set up a panel to come up with things for baby boomers to do instead of retiring. If it passes the General Assembly, the bill would create a Baby Boomer Initiative Council that would study the social and economic impact of baby boomers' roles in the economy and in the community. The main goals of the bill are to help baby boomers stay connected in society, have relationships working with younger generations and to help businesses understand that older workers are still valuable.
"Seniors are not a drag or drain on society but can be a resource if given a chance," said Paul Willging, an associate director for the Center on Aging and Health for Johns Hopkins University. He said that a program called Experience Corps, which places older adults in Baltimore City Public Schools to help mentor students, has helped students and the seniors as well.
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Tutoring program connects volunteers with children - The Oakland Tribune, Feb. 20, 2007. Michonne Paul is 59, but she has an uncanny ability to see fractions and basic geometry through the eyes of a 10-year-old. ... Fifth-grader Janaya Jones, who didn't think she would pass math this year...attributes her recent interest in math to the time she spends each week with Paul and a small group of students - often through games, challenges and real life problems. ... Paul is one of 26 volunteers trained to tutor Oakland schoolchildren through a one-year, renewable commitment with Experience Corps.
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County Needs Reading Tutors for Local Children - The Spectrum, Feb. 14, 2007. The third and newest literacy program under the umbrella of the Volunteer Center of Washington County, is the Experience Corps, which recruits, trains and assigns men and women over age 50. ... New Experience Corps member Fran Parsons already recognizes no matter how much she gives as a volunteer at Sandstone Elementary School, she gets so much more in return. "I have been looking for something meaningful to do with my time for quite a while. When I started coming here, I felt like I had a new life. I feel absolutely needed again. The children don't care about my age or the color of my hair. They are just glad I'm here for them."
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A new opportunity in Connecticut for people 55 and older - WTNH News Channel 8, Feb. 13, 2007. This television news report spotlights Experience Corps Greater New Haven, "a new opportunity in Connecticut for people 55 and older to really make a difference in the lives of some Connecticut kids. Its a new program where adults can give their time to help make kids better readers." The segment features an interview with Program Director Sheila Greenstein and United Way of Greater New Haven's Michelle Wade.
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Reading for their lives - The Portland Tribune, Feb. 7, 2007. This article profiles Cherry Hendrix, an Experience Corps member in Portland, OR, who is not only a tutor but also a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. The article explains that she is a founding member of the Experience Corps Portland program, one of "47 Experience Corps volunteers - most are seniors age 55 and up - who work in eight low-income elementary schools throughout the district, and two others outside of Portland Public Schools."
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Exercise the Mind to Keep the Brain in Shape - Kiplinger's Retirement Report, Feb. 2, 2007. Staying socially connected is...linked to reduced cognitive decline. Volunteering may be especially helpful. Case in point: A Hopkins study of Experience Corps, a program that places older volunteers into urban schools to mentor students, found benefits for the seniors. Researchers studied 128 volunteers ranging in age from 60 to 86, who worked at least 15 hours a week. Cognitive stimulation, as well as physical strength and social interactions, increased. "We think volunteer experiences will make a big impact in terms of cognitive ability," says George Rebok, a professor at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Tempe among "100 Best" for youth - East Valley Living, Feb. 2, 2007. Tempe is celebrating its second year as one of the top communities in the nation for young people. America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth has named its selections for the 2007 100 Best Communities for Young People and Tempe has won the accolade two years in a row. ... Other programs and initiatives that helped single out Tempe for this honor include...the Tempe Public Library's new Experience Corps project, which pairs retirees with students for tutoring.
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They're back as tutors - Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jan. 31, 2007. Too old for the Peace Corps, baby boomers...are instead finding a home with the Experience Corps. The 10-year-old corps, which operates in Cleveland and 19 other cities, trains and places volunteers 55 and older into schools to tutor children in reading. The program tries to match supply with demand. Baby boomers -- born between 1946 and 1964 -- make up more than 28 percent of the U.S. population, with the oldest among them turning 60 last year. ... A study in Cleveland last year showed that more than 90 percent of the children who worked with Experience Corps tutors improved their grades, nearly 80 percent got their homework done more often, and 70 percent boosted their attendance.
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Boomer boon: Group aims to recast retirement by tapping talents for society's benefit - The Arizona Republic, Jan. 25, 2007. The generation that claims ownership to such social movements as civil rights, women's rights and the '60s anti-war effort is about to rewrite retirement. So say demographers as well as authors like Marc Freedman, who wrote Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America. ... One thing Freedman and others are relying on is boomers' tendency to want to make a difference. He is among those leading a national effort to harness boomers' energy, experience and brains to help solve looming national issues. Freedman's goal is to merge boomers' desire to be engaged in meaningful work with society's overwhelming needs.
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RSVP in Cleveland receives "Champions in Action" Award - MyFox Cleveland, Jan. 18, 2007. RSVP, Cleveland's host to Experience Corps, received the "Champions in Action" award from Charter One Bank and FOX 8. The $25,000 award was given to RSVP "for their volunteer work in the community" and in recognition of the "more than three thousand adult volunteers" who "donate their time to hundreds of organizations in our area."
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Master's in Social Program Hits Home Run with Concord Students - Cal State East Bay Newsletter, Jan. 16, 2007. Cheryl Woodie has spent the past few years working for Experience Corps, a national program that matches adults over 55 years of age with tutoring or mentoring opportunities at urban schools. She had earned her bachelor's degree in psychology later in life after supporting her brother through his college experience, and was the first girl in her family to graduate from college (her mother and father had a eighth and seventh grade education). ... She now supervises the Experience Corps tutors and mentors at Sunset Elementary, Francis Scott Key, and A.P. Gianini Middle School in San Francisco. When asked about her graduate school experience, Cheryl responded, "I love the subject and what I'm learning. It's accomplishing exactly what is important to me, and is perfect for my needs."
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Shaw Neighborhood School Part of Experience Corps's Program for Tutoring Kids in the Basics - The InTowner, Jan. 16, 2007. The volunteer tutors that Experience Corps sponsors work one-on-one with children who are struggling to read, write, and comprehend. ... Here in the District it has roughly 130 volunteers in seven schools. The unique feature of Experience Corps is that all volunteers are older adults, explained Lois Berkowitz, the vivacious, feisty, and intensely dedicated Volunteer Coordinator for Washington, who has been dubbed "awesome" by her recruits.
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New Haven Register: Reading initiative pairs older adults, third-graders in Hamden - New Haven Register, Jan. 6, 2007. A pilot program that aims to enlist older adults to assist children with reading skills is seeking volunteers from Greater New Haven. The pilot program, a partnership of United Way of Greater New Haven and the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut, is Experience Corps, which is a national tutoring initiative. It aims to have adults ages 55 and older mentor children in reading, five to 15 hours a week. Hamden will become the 20th city nationwide to be a host to Experience Corps. Two of Hamden's elementary schools, Spring Glen and Helen Street, will participate. "We still need more tutors. We're in the process of recruiting," said Shelia Greenstein, program director for Experience Corps. Greenstein said, "research has shown that tutoring needs to be done by grade three in order to have an effect."
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Mentor program to grow in city - Baltimore Sun, Dec. 14, 2006. A national program placing senior citizens in elementary classrooms as mentors is scheduled to announce an expansion today to four more schools in Baltimore. Currently in 12 city elementary schools and poised to expand to 16, the Experience Corps program assigns seniors to work in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms. Officials report that participating schools have seen significant reductions in the number of children sent to the office for disciplinary problems. And, they say, seniors are often happier and healthier as a result of the work.
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Baby boomers want to retire but stay involved - Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 16, 2006. This editorial discusses Civic Ventures and Experience Corps in Tucson, suggesting that "Our community needs to embrace the energy, expertise and wisdom of retirees and encourage their involvement here." It quotes Ellen Hargis, CEO of the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, Tucson's host to Experience Corps, noting that for Arizona retirees, often "golf isn't enough." The editorial also quotes Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman.
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Life, Act II - Money, Sep. 1, 2006. Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts is quoted in this article about seizing the opportunity of retirement "to indulge your passions and focus on the things you love to do rather than those you have to do."
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Find the Right Match for Volunteer Work - Kiplinger's Retirement Report, Sep. 1, 2006. Quotes Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts and Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman on the scarcity of meaningful volunteer opportunities for older adults.
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Becoming reconnected aids whole community - The Tucson Citizen, Aug. 7, 2006. Ellen Hargis, the president and chief executive officer of the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, Tucson's host to Experience Corps, tells the story in this op-ed of an Experience Corps member, Dottie, who "was changed from a sickly retiree with time on her hands to a mentor and tutor who gives students the one-on-one time they need to succeed." She quotes Dottie's husband, who says that "Dottie doesn't realize it, but Experience Corps saved her life."
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Making More of a Milestone - Washington Post, Aug. 1, 2006. This column by Abigail Trafford features Experience Corps as a "building block" of a potential "comprenesive national service intitative for Americans over 55."
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The Purpose Prize: Nudging America toward realization of its "experience dividend" - NYC Plus, Jul. 17, 2006. The article profiles Civic Ventures' Purpose Prize, a $9 million effort funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Atlantic Philathropies that will recognize five individuals over 60 "who are using their creativity and experience to solve social problems on the local, regional, or national level." It includes quotes from Civic Ventures Vice President Jim Emerman and CEO Marc Freedman.
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Study Explores Opportunities for Senior Citizen Volunteers in Schools - SeniorJournal.com, Jul. 13, 2006. The article discusses the recent Public/Private Ventures study based on interviews with 43 Experience Corps members that "illuminates individuals' motivations to volunteer, the challenges and rewards they experience through civic engagement, and key program supports that contribute to meaningful service." The study can be viewed here.
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Volunteer work may be good for seniors' health - Reuters Health, Jul. 10, 2006. The article cites Johns Hopkins University research that focused on Experience Corps members, noting that "Retirees who do volunteer work in schools may help not only children but their own health as well." The article adds that "Those who were sedentary before joining the volunteer program, called Experience Corps, more than doubled their physical activity levels during the school year."
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Tempe awarded grant for national literacy program - East Valley Living, Jul. 3, 2006. The article reports that "The City of Tempe Community Services Department has been awarded a four-year, $297,397 grant from The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust to implement Experience Corps beginning this fall," adding that "several schools will be selected to receive a total of 36 adult volunteers, who will serve in teams providing tutoring and mentoring to 250 students in kindergarten through third grade."
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National Service: Should Community Service Be Required? - CQ Researcher, Jun. 30, 2006. This article discusses the pros and cons of mandating a period of volunteer service and presents Experience Corps as an example of a general trend toward volunteering in America. Includes quotes from CEO John Gomperts and lists Experience Corps as one of nine prominent national service organizations, along with the Red Cross, AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, and the Salvation Army.
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Trust's $300,000 to start mentoring program - The Arizona Republic, Jun. 28, 2006. The article notes that Tempe, AZ received nearly $300,000 from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust "to implement a mentoring program called Experience Corps, and those funds will pay for the program's first four years." The article adds that consequently "Tempe's baby boomer population will have a chance to share words of wisdom with the city's youth by becoming mentors this fall."
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Elderly volunteers benefit from activity - United Press International, Jun. 27, 2006. The UPI "Consumer Health" article discusses Johns Hopkins University research of Experience Corps Baltimore members, noting that "Volunteering resulted in increased physical and mental activity and the seniors' becoming more active at home."
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Grammar School Improves Grandma's Health - Newswise, Jun. 26, 2006. Notes the Johns Hopkins University findings that "older adults who failed suggested U.S. standards for physical activity when they started volunteering in public grammar schools doubled the amount of calories they burned after volunteering for just one school year."
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U.S. News: Work adds meaning to later life - U.S. News & World Report, Jun. 12, 2006. The article from the June 12 issue of U.S. News & World Report highlights comments from a 2005 essay in the Chronicle of Philanthropy by Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts and Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman, noting that, "Although many seniors choose volunteerism -- from serving as aides in hospitals or libraries to tutoring youngsters in public schools -- for others, the idea of building upon their lifetime of work experience, or stretching it out in new ways, has an irresistible appeal."
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The Baltimore Sun calls Experience Corps a "win-win" for older adults and students - The Baltimore Sun, Jun. 12, 2006. The Baltimore Sun calls Experience Corps a "win-win" for older adults and students, adding that the Corps "formula...is being held up as a model" for the nation. The article cites the key role of research from Johns Hopkins University in proving effectiveness for both students and adults.
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WJZ-TV ran a story on Experience Corps, citing increased student reading scores - WJZ-TV, Jun. 12, 2006. WJZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Baltimore, ran a story on Experience Corps, citing increased student reading scores. Dr. Linda Fried, head of Johns Hopkins geriatrics division, says Experience Corps helps "harness the benefits of aging society."
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NBC Nightly News segment spotlights Experience Corps Philadelphia - NBC News, Jun. 7, 2006. The segment, which aired on the June 7 NBC Nightly News, features interviews with tutor Julia Talley and Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts. Correspondent Ron Allen notes that "test scores show student reading levels are steadily improving" as a result of Experience Corps, adding that volunteers are "eager to share a lifetime of experience and wisdom when there's still important work to do."
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Philippine Daily Inquirer highlights Experience Corps member's White House honor - The Philippine Daily Inquirer, May. 28, 2006. The Philippine Daily Inquirer -- the largest daily newspaper in the Philippines -- featured Experience Corps member Virginia Ganzon Sturwold, a Filipino-American personally honored by President Bush at a May 12 White House ceremony. Appearing on the front page, the article noted that Ganzon Sturwold "received from US President George W. Bush the President's Volunteer Service Award, the highest honor given by the White House to those who have contributed their time and talents to people in need." PLEASE NOTE: This story contains several inaccuracies -- Sturwold is actually 82 years old (not 81); met her husband when they were students at Indiana University in Bloomington (not New York); and was aided by her boss at the American Institutes of Research (not the CDC).
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Philadelphia Inquirer examines the "immense need" for Experience Corps - Philadelphia Inquirer, May. 11, 2006. The top article in the Philadelphia Inquirer's May 11 Retirement Guide featured Experience Corps Philadelphia, "a program pioneered in Philadelphia that has helped thousands of children in 14 cities read better and has provided joy and meaning for thousands of retirees." The article profiled several Experience Corps members, included quotes from CEO John Gomperts and Civic Ventures president Marc Freedman, and noted how the expansion of Experience Corps "could one day pair an immense need - up to 10 million American children who read poorly - with a vast resource: a new generation of healthy retirees with the time, patience and desire to help."
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Wall Street Journal article featuring Experience Corps and Civic Ventures reprinted on ComputerWorld website - ComputerWorld, May. 1, 2006. The lead article that appeared in the April 24th Wall Street Journal Encore section and featured quotes from Experience Corps president John Gomperts and San Francisco member Rich Yurman, as well as quotes and a podcast interview with Civic Ventures president Marc Freedman, ran again on the website of ComputerWorld.
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Wall Street Journal lead article features Experience Corps - Wall Street Journal, Apr. 24, 2006. A lead article in the April 24th Wall Street Journal Encore section, the Journal's guide to retiring and living, spotlights the valuable opportunities Experience Corps is creating for older adults. The article includes quotes from Experience Corps president John Gomperts and San Francisco member Rich Yurman, as well as quotes and a podcast interview with Civic Ventures president Marc Freedman.
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Experience Corps featured in WABC news segment - WABC, Apr. 12, 2006. A report that ran on April 11 on WABC in New York City highlighted the efforts of Experience Corps members there, calling the program "a great idea" and noting that the service benefits both the students and the members.
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Civic Ventures president Marc Freedman discusses Experience Corps - Boomers! TV, Apr. 10, 2006. Boomer Media Properties' nationally-televised series Boomers! Redefining Life After Fifty! interviewed Marc Freedman, president and CEO of Civic Ventures who initiated the creation of Experience Corps, on "the impact Boomers can make through their volunteering efforts."
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Experience Corps program in Tucson focus of "Profiles in Caring" video - Profiles in Caring, Mar. 29, 2006. Equitable Life & Casualty Insurance's Profiles in Caring video series spotlights Experience Corps's program at Walter Douglas Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona. The video features interviews with Experience Corps members and the school's principal.
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President Bush Honors Experience Corps Member in Cleveland - NewsNet5, Mar. 22, 2006. Lois Hagood, an Experience Corps member for six years who tutors first graders at Cleveland's Robert H. Jamison's Computech Center, received the President's Volunteer Service Award from President Bush at Cleveland Hopkins Airport.
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New York City Experience Corps members named New Yorkers of the Week. - NY1 News, Mar. 10, 2006. NY1 News ran a March 10 segment on Experience Corps in the city's schools, noting the program's benefits for both students and volunteers and quoting project director Kemba Tamar: "What makes us unique is the inter-generational link that we have. They live in the neighborhood... so they have a vested commitment toward working with these children."
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Grandparents Helping in the Classroom: The Monitor's View - The Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 9, 2006. This editorial touts the results of research conducted by Johns Hopkins University on the health benefits for Experience Corps members of volunteering in the classroom. The newspaper notes the program's effectiveness, its ability to address the needs of both students and older adults, and concludes that "the potential for such a well-executed program is huge. Policymakers take note."
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Wisdom, Knowledge of Elders Stream Into Area Classrooms: Students, Seniors Benefit from Volunteer Programs [PDF] - Washington Post, Feb. 21, 2006. This article focuses on Experience Corps' tutoring and mentoring efforts at Birney Elementary School. Says principal LeRoy M. Owens: "They pull students from the classrooms. They act as role models. Without them, this type of individualized instruction would be almost impossible. It's a service that we could not afford."
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Volunteer vexation: As the World War II generation grows older, a community built on volunteers waits for the baby boomers to find more time to serve - St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 17, 2006. Includes interview with Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts.
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Baby Boomers Challenge Notion of Retirement; Aging Population Lives Longer, Works Harder, Stays Active - ABC News, Jan. 9, 2006. An interview with Experience Corps CEO John Gomperts as part of coverage of the aging of the baby boom
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Mentors guide boys on life's path [PDF] - Washington Times, Dec. 19, 2005. This feature article reports on Experience Corps's Washington, DC mentoring program and profiles several members who mentor boys in the city's schools. Experience Corps mentor Ron Montague, a former air traffic controller, tells the paper, "I really think there is a little bit of teacher in all of us."
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| Dream job? It's possible, but not always easy, to get a teaching post after retirement , Chicago Tribune, 10/19/05 |
| New Coalition in San Francisco Recruits Older Adults , San Francisco Chronicle, 10/14/05 |
| Seniors
bring Experience to schoolkids, New York Daily News, 9/6/05 |
| Extra funding to boost school volunteer effort, The Baltimore Sun, 9/1/05 |
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