Tapping into the Strengths of Older Volunteers
Effective leveraging of volunteers is crucial to accomplishing the mission of many nonprofit and
other organizations. For many organizations, volunteer 65+ are an important part of their volunteer workforce. The reliance on volunteers 65+ has been more pronounced for some nonprofit subsectors and some rural areas with older populations. This Guidebook provides tips and tools about how older volunteers can best be recruited, engaged and therefore retained as volunteers.