This is a cool mission statement:

To transform a source (the knowledge, talent and skill of the region’s 50+ population) into a force for enriching our community by helping individuals find meaning and the means to contribute to the greater good.

It’s the mission of Coming of Age, a Philadephia collaboration of four partners: Temple University’s Center for Intergenerational Learning, WHYY Wider Horizons, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and AARP Pennsylvania. Coming of Age has three objectives: 1. Helping people age 50+ plan for the future;2. Promoting 50+ volunteering, learning, and community leadership;3. Working with nonprofits to recruit, train, and retain 50+ volunteers. Coming of Age is a great model for other communities who want to seize opportunities of an unprecedented age wave. It’s fresh, invigorating, inspiring, fun … It’s also drawing dollars … Atlantic Philanthropies recently gave it $1.8 million to expand in other parts of the U.S.. … .Do you know of any other communities that are doing this?