Effective Practices for Mobilizing Baby Boomers in Service
- Attracting younger seniors to volunteer service
- Building a community-wide service ethic through intergenerational service-learning
- Communicating the joys of volunteering
- Creating imaginative recognition events for senior volunteers
- Enlisting baby boomers as Senior Corps volunteers
- Establishing a program that connects caretakers of elderly relatives with financial assistance
- Finding themes for recognition events for senior volunteers
- Going beyond annual banquets to recognize senior volunteers
- Hosting an intergenerational service-learning class to provide seniors with marketable technology skills
- Marketing volunteer opportunities to baby boomers
- Organizing seven strategic focus areas to optimize recruitment of baby boomer volunteers
- Recruiting highly-skilled older volunteers for leadership projects
- Recruiting volunteers at the last minute for one-time events
- Restructuring current volunteer opportunities to appeal to baby boomer volunteers
- Using speed matching to recruit new volunteers
