One Year Later - COVID’s Effects on Seniors This past year has been hard on everyone. You might be feeling like there is a light at the end of the tunnel right about now. The end of the tunnel is not going to look as familiar as you think. The Coronavirus has changed our [...]
Celebrating Seniors for Older Americans Month You’re somewhere along life’s path with goals for the future. You might want to raise a family, have a lasting marriage, start a business, or conquer mental health challenges. Whatever it is, some people have been there before. Seniors have done it all and looking back, there are [...]
Celebrating Volunteers As A For-Profit Business Volunteer Appreciation Week takes place each year celebrating volunteers. This year, Volunteer Appreciation Week takes place April 18 - 24. Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs), who rely heavily on the goodwill of volunteers, use this week of recognition to celebrate those who dedicate their time and energy to help the [...]
Struggling With Your New Year's Resolutions? Starting a new year tends to inspire people to seek personal improvement and make significant changes that can lead to greater fulfillment. These improvements/changes are usually committed to in the form of New Year resolutions. Resolutions often aim to help others, make a difference, and become involved in [...]
Helping Seniors Battle Holiday Loneliness For most people, the holidays are joyous occasions in which they enjoy a home-cooked meal, receive and give gifts, and share time with the people they love. For many, it provides a welcome pause from work and stress and allows them to truly bond with their loved ones. Unfortunately, [...]
What Is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Created in the U.S. in 2012, Giving Tuesday is now a global movement that promotes generosity among individuals and organizations. The movement centers around the act of giving [...]
COVID-19’s Effect On Nonprofits Most non-profits help others because of funding from individual & corporate donors, as well as from grants and foundations. Traditionally, fundraising is an ongoing initiative that ensures non-profits can continue to help others. But for many non-profits, COVID-19 has shifted fundraising from being important to being vital to their very survival. With most [...]
Volunteering When You're Busy Volunteering is a highly gratifying experience that can benefit not only the individuals involved but entire communities. When it comes to volunteering to help older adults, the benefits are not only psychological but even physical. However, many people feel they are too busy to volunteer and miss out on the [...]
Safe Volunteering In the last couple of months, an interest in volunteerism has increased, in part due to a greater need for volunteers due to COVID-19 and newfound altruism by many. It seems that bad situations often bring out the best in people, and has led many to start or return to volunteering. However, [...]
8 Great Benefits of Volunteering Volunteering has enormous benefits for participants, those they help, and even on society in general. Unfortunately, only 25% of Americans volunteer. Those who don't volunteer may have many valid reasons not to do it, including being busy, not knowing how or where to volunteer, and more recently, personal safety [...]
