Center on Aging’s Encore Leadership Corps mentioned in BDN article
The Bangor Daily News spoke with Jennifer Crittenden, assistant director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, for the article, “Harnessing baby boom energy in Maine: Volunteers key to positive change.” Crittenden spoke about the Encore Leadership Corps, a program she manages through the center. The program provides training and support to Mainers 50 and over who want to give back to their communities, satisfying goals of their own in the process, according to the article. Baby boomers often prefer to solve a problem and be given the autonomy to come up with solutions, rather than be assigned a set of tasks on a schedule, Crittenden said. “Often, they are still working or have other commitments, so being able to shape how they engage is really important,” she said.