Study: Baby boomer volunteerism could 'strengthen community life'
[15 June 2004 - USA TODAY] Some people look at the 77 million baby boomers and worry about all the medical and social resources they will need as they approach the traditional age of retirement. But a study to be released today by the Harvard School Of Public Health says boomers -- who are expected to live longer and healthier lives than their parents -- can become an unprecedented resource if they are mobilized across the nation as community volunteers. "There's a major opportunity on the near horizon to recruit large numbers of older boomers to help strengthen community life in America," says Jay Winsten of the Harvard School of Public Health. Winsten is director of the Harvard-MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement and Civic Engagement, whose report will be presented today in Washington, D.C. ...