![]() And, while it’s not much, they do get a stipend. Boomers bring decades of valuable experience to the work they do in this country or abroad, and they get a chance to think and prepare for their encore careers. We can and should create more opportunities for boomers to join the Peace Corps, VISTA or AmeriCorps. Everyone knows someone who wanted to serve in the Peace Corps but never got around to it. A provision in the Serve America Act authorizes 10 encore fellowships in each state, but it has yet to be funded. Even the federal government plans to get into the act. Those in encore fellowships number only in the dozens right now, but more corporations are joining these pioneers. Some corporations, like HP, are leading the way by offering employees who are eligible to retire the chance to work part-time for a year for a local nonprofit - for pay.
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