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Civic Engagement in an Older America E-Newsletter October, 2009 CONTENTS Prime Time for Civic Engagement Civic Ventures Announces the Recipients of the 2009 Purpose Prize America's Civic Health in Hard Times CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT GSA's 62ND ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC
MEETING! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prime Time for Civic Engagement
During the week of October 19-25, more than 90 network TV shows
participated in the Entertainment Industry Foundation's "I
Participate" campaign by featuring storylines and characters
expressing the power and personal benefits of service and volunteering.
Shows with volunteering themes in their scripts included Grey's
Anatomy, All My Children, Desperate Housewives, CSI, and The Office
(click here
to see how your favorite shows contributed). Backed by partners
including AARP and Major League Baseball, the campaign hopes to
encourage viewers to seek out volunteer opportunities through its
www.iparticipate.org website
and AARP's www.createthegood.com
website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Civic Ventures Announces the Recipients of the 2009 Purpose Prize
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USA TODAY's in-depth report on charity and philanthropy in the
United States highlights the new look of America's charitable donors,
as well as the impact of the economic downturn on individual giving
and non-profit fundraising. The special section, titled "Sharing
in the USA" also examines the way that social networking and
the Internet are changing the face of giving and volunteering in
the United States and across the globe. For complete coverage, click
here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Through its partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau
of Labor Statistics, The Corporation for National and Community
Service has released the most comprehensive collection of information
on volunteering and civic engagement ever assembled, with detailed
data for all states and nearly 200 cities. The redesigned interactive
Volunteering In
America website is a rich source of information that allows
nonprofit leaders and policy makers to view data and assemble customized
reports that answer questions such as: which states have experienced
the largest growth in volunteering since 2007?; which cities do
well at retaining volunteers?; do volunteers donate more to charities
than non-volunteers?; are Baby Boomers the most likely group to
volunteer in your state?; and how has the economy impacted volunteer
recruitment? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ America's Civic Health in Hard Times
The National Conference on Citizenship's annual America's Civic Health Index 2009 reveals that Americans have made hard choices during the economic downturn, with 72 percent of respondents saying they have cut back on time spent volunteering and participating in civic activities. The survey also found, however, that social connections, particularly "God, friends, and Facebook," provide a "civic safety net" that forestalls "civic foreclosure." To read the full report, click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This interactive
graphic, based on data from the American Time Use Survey, allows
users to see how much time different groups of Americans spend sleeping,
eating, working, watching television, and volunteering in an average
day. Although people over age 65 spend slightly more time volunteering
(14 minutes) on an average day than younger adults ages 25 to 64
(9 minutes), they spend much more time watching television (4 hours)
than do younger adults (2.5 hours). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MENTOR, the nation's leading advocate and expert resource for adult-youth mentoring initiatives, has released The Wisdom of Age: A Staff Guide - a handbook to help mentoring organizations recruit and work most effectively with the growing number of older Americans who could be volunteer mentors. The guide for staff has a companion handbook for mentors that includes a collection of tools and resources for older adults engaged in intergenerational mentoring relationships. Both publications are available here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT GSA'S 62ND ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING!
The Gerontological Society of America's 61st Annual Scientific
Meeting is approaching! II. Business
Forum: Aging Means Business in Atlanta. This one-day business
and aging forum will provide a rare opportunity for top-ranked national
academic experts on economics, gerontology, and consumer behavior
to engage in dialogue with Atlanta business leaders interested in
understanding, attracting, and capitalizing on a growing senior
market. The event will take place on Friday, November 20, 2009 from
8:30am-4:30pm at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Participants will
enjoy breakfast, a closing reception sponsored by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology AgeLab, and facilitated lunch table dialogues
on various topics, such as aging-in-place technology and age branding
and marketing. For a full description of the event, including pricing,
program, and a list of speakers, visit the event
web page. For group rates (3 or more), contact Sarah Frey by
email or by phone, at
(202) 587-2843. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The CE-Newsletter is the E-Newsletter of GSA’s Civic Engagement in an Older America Project. The "Civic Engagement in an Older America" project is supported by a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies. If you have been forwarded this by a colleague and would like
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