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...choice of avocation, but he is not alone. A growing number of seniors across the nation are taking the plunge into stand-up comedy. They are attending comedy workshops, performing in the open-mike circuits in their regions and even getting paying gigs at clubs, conventions and nonprofit organizations. Managers, club owners and comedy instructors estimate that the phenomenon has grown 25% to 50% in the past five years...
Ready to help save the world? There are thousands of nonprofit organizations from which to choose, whether you want to give money, volunteer your time or donate goods (watch out for shipping costs). Be prepared to do your homework: you can find tools to vet many organizations at www.charitywatch.org and www.charitynavigator.com Lesser-known groups may require more extensive digging. Then follow through with a generous heart. Here's a list to get you started...
...young ones through a passion for flying. Often the grandparents do both. The average age of civilian pilots has risen to 55, up from about 48 a decade ago, as more grandparents have taken to the pilot's seat, according to Drew Steketee, CEO of Be a Pilot, a nonprofit that promotes aviation. Around 10% of the would-be flyers who signed up in 2003 and '04 for Be a Pilot's promotional first lesson ($49) were over 50. Considering that many pilots over 80 are still active, boomers who start now could be flying for decades...
...plantation owner. To be fair, certainly some of us do come from backgrounds where we need the Goldman Sachs job to pay off loans or to support our families. Maybe a few of us actually do need the McKinsey business experience in order to start that nonprofit that will save the world. But most who take such paths don’t have these excuses. Many of the future I-bankers assure us that they will head to public interest work after a couple years instead of to Bentleys and the B-school, and maybe they’ll have...
...cover story on gay teenagers [Oct. 10]. In addition to highlighting some of the benefits that gay teens now enjoy compared with earlier generations, writer John Cloud also accurately depicts a number of the struggles-- personal, social and religious--that young gays face daily. As the head of a nonprofit organization that operates a nationwide suicide-prevention help line for gay and questioning youth, I hear stories of difficulties every day. And although some gains have been made, the sad reality is that suicide is the No. 3 killer of teenagers, and gay youths are more likely to attempt suicide...