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This Encore Fellow Is Helping a Nonprofit Serve 60,000 Children a Year
Helping Mamas provides essential baby items and period products to women and children in need throughout the state of Georgia and in Knoxville, TN. The nonprofit was started in 2014 by Jamie Lackey, a social worker who saw moms use plastic grocery store bags as...
Every Vaccine Corps Member Has a Story To Tell
In 2021, Encore.org joined with AmeriCorps Seniors and California Volunteers to launch the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps, bringing retired medical professionals together with non-medical volunteers of all ages to boost vaccination rates at health centers in...
Climate Change Doesn’t Always Provoke Generational Conflict
On September 1, author and climate activist Bill McKibben announced that he’s launching Third Act to get more older Americans involved in climate activism. That’s good news. Too much responsibility has fallen on young people to lead the charge in demanding more swift...
These Retired Doctors Are Helping To Vaccinate Thousands
In 2021, Encore.org partnered with AmeriCorps Seniors and California Volunteers to pilot the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps, bringing retired medical professionals together with non-medical volunteers of all ages to boost vaccination rates at health centers in...
A Tearful Mandy Patinkin Consoles a Young Woman After Her Father Dies
This is the story of a young woman grieving her father’s death, the older actor who responds to her, and a recommendation made to millions to learn more about the work of one of our Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows. Here’s the scoop: In a video on TikTok, a young woman,...
Encore Physicians Help Community Health Clinics Deliver Care, While Mentoring Younger Colleagues
The problem: Too many Americans don’t have health insurance or are under-insured. The Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs) that deliver care to this population are often understaffed and seek additional healthcare expertise. A solution hidden in plain sight:...
These Minnesota Teens Joined Forces With Local AARP Members To Fight Outdated Unemployment Laws
When Cole Stevens learned that it wasn’t just teenage workers like himself being cut off from receiving unemployment benefits and pandemic unemployment assistance in Minnesota, but also older people who are recipients of social security, the 19-year-old had an aha...
“We’re Both There for Companionship”
It’s a Sunday night and we’re gathered to prepare and eat dinner together. Tiaira, our senior program manager, in her thirties and wearing an apron, tells us to form the crab cake mixture into rounds on our baking sheets. In their Zoom squares, our clients and college...
In the Classroom or Over Zoom, These Tutors Created a Bond Across Generations
Charlene Young, a retiree, and Jordan Fong, a recent college graduate, probably wouldn’t have crossed paths if not for a mutual interest in helping kids learn to read. Before the pandemic, Young, 69, and Fong, 33, were Reading Corps tutors in the same elementary...