On a dime: Bootstrap your business with these 8 simple strategies

Although sales aren’t expected to bottom out, it doesn’t hurt to reconfigure the budget to build a more robust nest egg that’ll help you expertly navigate whatever the market may throw your way. If you’re trimming back, brand new, or need to shore up a… Continue reading

How Habitat for Humanity Is Making Aging in Place Possible

When retirement beckoned to Karin Soderberg six years ago, the Connecticut native packed up and moved 250 miles up the Atlantic coast to scenic Harpswell, Maine. Moving to the seaside community had been a longtime dream of the 83-year-old. “I have a co… Continue reading

OPINION: Dispatch From My Twin Cities Community

On Monday, May 25, Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd over the course of almost nine minutes in broad daylight on camera while Mr. Floyd and civilians implored him to stop, and while three officers made space for Derek Chauv… Continue reading

Looking Back at the First Earth Day 50 Years Ago — and Ahead

At 59, Heidi Carle is just about old enough to remember the first Earth Day with clarity. “I remember how exciting it was,” says the Rensselaerville, N.Y. librarian, with lingering enthusiasm. It was April 22, 1970, and Carle was among the third grader… Continue reading

OPINION: It’s Time to Flatten the Loneliness Curve for Older Americans

(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading

DC-area brokerage partners with local restaurants to feed communities in need

Silver Spring Cares, a nonprofit started by the Go Brent team outside of DC, has raised nearly $60K to purchase meals from restaurants and provide them to community members in need. Continue reading

Ways Programs for Needy Older Adults Are Adapting Due to COVID-19

Now that the coronavirus pandemic means at-need older adults can’t leave their homes or have visitors, programs and services assisting them have had to radically adapt. Fortunately, many nonprofits have risen to the challenge, finding new, remarkable, … Continue reading

COVID-19 and Aging: What Can Philanthropy Do?

(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading

How to Hold a Virtual Seder This Passover

During Passover seders across America on Wednesday night April 8 and Thursday night April 9 — the ritual meals with the ritual script called the Hagaddah — there’s a moment where someone asks: Why is this night different from all another nights? Well, … Continue reading

COVID-19: A Time to Make Substantive Life Changes

(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading