Retirement is an exciting time full of transition, change and new opportunities. Whether you're planning for this adventure or have already embarked, United Way is here to help you on your journey. Always United provides you with the resources you need to make the most out of your retirement, plus ways to stay active in your community.
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Do you ever feel unsure about the next steps you need to take for your life and career? Wondering what resources are valuable and how are others happily living in retirement? We will share stories of people just like you who are making a difference in their community while successfully living in retirement.
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Now that you’re retired, you can help your community in ways you’ve always envisioned, but maybe didn’t have the time for. We can connect you to fulfilling volunteer opportunities that align with your interests and passions. From helping children better their reading skills to helping file taxes for our neighbors in need, you can make a major impact by investing your time in our community.
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United Way of Central Indiana prides itself in educating the community about important issues. From leadership and board development, to poverty simulations, to training seminars for local nonprofits, United Way strives to strengthen our community impact work through educational opportunities.
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Use your skills, professional expertise and knowledge to help fight for the education, financial stability, health and basic needs of every person in our community. Nonprofit organizations need talent like you on their board to help them address issues, solve problems and contribute ideas. You can make an everlasting difference by adding a board leadership role into your retirement plans. Thinking about joining a board? View questions every prospective board member should ask before agreeing to an opportunity.
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Leadership United offers an impressive 75 hours of leadership and board development training filled with leadership development retreats, community issues workshops and board education. During the nine-month term, participants commit to approximately 10 business days of training, or roughly one day per month.
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You may have given through your company's campaign in the past but if you would like to continue your gift during retirement, there are options! Please contact Lisa Busse for more information about how you can continue to give in a way that works best for you.
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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free offers inspirational advice on how to enjoy life to its fullest. The key to achieving an active and satisfying retirement involves a great deal more than having adequate financial resources; it also encompasses all other aspects of life -- interesting leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical well-being, mental well-being, and solid social support.
These are the books that show us how to turn back our biological clocks—how to put off 70% of the normal problems of aging (weakness, sore joints, bad balance) and eliminate 50% of serious illness and injury.
Your Retirement Quest brings all the elements that are essential to living a fulfilling retirement together in one place. The book enables both prospective and current retirees to envision their future, to develop a personal plan that is unique to their life circumstances, to implement that plan, and to keep it fresh throughout their retirement years.
Wisdom and Support for Your Halftime Journey Since the publication fifteen years ago of Bob Buford’s award-winning and newly updated and expanded bestseller, Halftime, more than half a million men and women have made the halftime journey from success to significance. If you are contemplating that journey yourself or have already started, Beyond Halftime is for you.
A recent AARP survey found that 80% of baby boomers plan to continue working in some form past the age of 65either for the money or for the fun of it. Today's retirees are looking for work situations that are mentally and emotionally rewarding. The problem is that many are not sure how to find them. This new edition helps you define what kind of work is best suited for your passions and interests, and guides them through the process of obtaining such work whether it's a part-time job, volunteer work, or a second career.
Mike Becher on How to Retire Wild, Happy and Free
Mike Becher shared wisdom from How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and his own retirement planning process to encourage attendees to think beyond the financial aspects of retirement. By exploring the mental aspects of retirement, attendees were prepared to move from apprehension to anticipation in their own retirement planning process.
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How to live passionately - no matter your age
Author Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living passionately.
How societies can grow old better
There's an irony behind the latest efforts to extend human life: It's no picnic to be an old person in a youth-oriented society. Older people can become isolated, lacking meaningful work and low on funds. In this intriguing talk, Jared Diamond looks at how many different societies treat their elders -- some better, some worse -- and suggests we all take advantage of experience.
To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.
Social Security Administration
Visit this page to create a My Social Security account to access information on your benefits and rest easy knowing you’re in control of your future.
Learn moreFind providers, access information on how Medicare works with other insurance and request further information about your Medicare options here.
Learn moreAARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.
Learn moreCICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is a nonprofit agency providing information, advocacy and support services for older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers.
Learn moreWhat are your passions? What causes do you support? Let your dedication and passion for our community create impact for generations to come by leaving a legacy gift. This allows your name to live on as an investment in our community, enabling everything you stand for and support to continue well into the future.
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