Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Baby Boomers Demanding Higher-Level Volunteer Work
Kristen Gerencher
MarketWatch
March 8, 2007
Overview: Gerencher reports on baby boomers’ volunteer work, while sharing key findings from a recent report by the Corporation for National & Community Service. Specifically, she discusses how baby boomers desire more challenging volunteer activities. She writes, “The report's findings may help nonprofits focus their programs to keep volunteer work challenging and rewarding to boomers so they will be generous with both their talents and their wealth.”
Baby boomers turn to Internet for cash
Jennifer Hill
UK Reuters
March 8, 2007
Overview: Hill reports, “Birmingham Midshires found that the baby boom generation is turning to the Web to make ends meet. Moreover, “An estimated one million baby boomers are struggling to find work because of their age, and one in 10 over-45s is now self-employed and relying on the Internet to grow their businesses.”
http://uk.reuters.com/article/personalFinanceNews/idUKNOA82663120070308
Realizing the potential of an aging society
Daisaku Ikeda
Japan Times
March 8, 2007
Overview: Ikeda reflects on the aging society and the importance of “recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people”, which the reporter says “is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.”