Resources on Engaging Boomers as Volunteers

MAVA’s selection of some of the most useful resources on engaging and future generations as volunteers

”The Aging Network Volunteer Collaborative” - a resource center website to share the latest and best from the field of volunteering by older adults at http://www.agingnetworksvolunteercollaborative.org

“Boomers are Ready for Nonprofits: But are Nonprofits Ready for Them?”- MetLife Foundation http://www.civicventures.org/breakthrough/reports/ConfBdreport5-25.pdf

The Boomers Are Here! A Station Training Toolkit, Center for Intergenerational Learning and the Corporation for National & Community Service    http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/online-library/items/c3884.

“The Boomer Solution: Skilled Talent to Meet Nonprofit Needs”, National Council on Aging, April 2010                      http://www.ncoa.org/press-room/community-action-volunteering/boomer-solutins-skilled.html

Boomer Volunteer Engagement: Collaborate Today, Thrive Tomorrow, By Fixler, Jill Friedman and Sandie Eichberg and Gail Lorenz Available at for purchase  www.energizeinc.com or www.Amazon.com 

“Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities," AARP, January 2010 http://star.aarp.org/starweb/researchcenter/servlet.starweb?path=researchcenter/rcbrief.fastlink.web&search1=TAN%3DTG0131+OR+((TIW%3DBoom%2A+OR+DE%3DBaby+Boom%2A)+AND+ YEAR+GT+2006)&format=FastlinkReport

Deloitte 2010 Volunteer Impact Survey Executive Summary:http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/About/Community-Involvement/volunteerism/50eed830bee48210VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm

“50+ Volunteering: Working for Stronger Communities”   Corporation for National and Community Service                                   http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/legacy/filemanager/download/WorkingForStrongerCommunities.pdf

“Finding Baby Boomers in Your Community”    Corporation for National and Community Service     http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/practices/4881

Generational Ageless, By J. Walker Smith and Ann Clurnman, Yankelovich, Inc., Published by Collins, 2007                                Available at for purchase  at www.Amazon.com

“Keeping Baby Boomers Volunteering”   Corporation for National and Community Service                         http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/07_0307_boomer_report.pdf 

“Readiness Roadmap” – website for helping nonprofits navigate skilled based volunteering at http://readinessroadmap.org/

Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement.  Harvard School of Public Health – Metlife Foundation http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/reinventingaging/Report.pdf

Skills Based Volunteering from the Corporation for National and Community Services Resource Center  http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/sbv

"Creating Boomer-friendly Volunteer Opportunities: Restructuring Existing Opportunities" by D. Scott Martin.   Corporation for National and Community Service:  http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/node/17770

“Transform 2010 DATA REPORTundefinedBaby Boomer Survey,” Minnesota Board on Aging and Minnesota Department of Health, http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/aging/documents/pub/dhs16_156199.pdf

“The Wisdom of Age: A Guide for Staff” – Designed for mentoring programs: http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1216.pdf