The Points of Light Foundation will promote senior service as a strategy to meet the America Reads Challenge for all children to read well and independently by the third grade. This national initiative will promote senior volunteering within the Volunteer Center network. Volunteer Centers and senior service is a natural marriage. Volunteer Centers mobilize people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems every day. Today, one in every six American is 60 years or older.
Seniors are among our nation's fastest growing human resource.
The National Senior Service Corps assists citizens to retire to something that builds community. While Volunteer Centers provide the program know-how, the Points of Light Foundation will broker new program integration into the existing senior service network, and document and disseminate this information for others interested in managing quality senior volunteering programs. The Points of Light Foundation will provide coordination, networking and assistance to member Volunteer Centers, and disseminate the experience of local projects to promote senior service within its volunteer network. All rights reserved.