A third act? Retirees who volunteer in their communities can have a huge impact.
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USA TODAY
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🗓️ 3 December 2023
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Today, nearly 50 million Americans are retired, a number that has been steadily increasing for decades. So how do retirees keep busy and also find purpose? For some, that is Americorps Seniors. The federal agency for national service and volunteerism offers seniors an opportunity to indulge their passions while giving back to their communities. What kind of an impact might they make? Atalaya Sergi, director of Americorps Seniors, joins The Excerpt to discuss the group’s membership and work.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday, December 3rd, |
| 0:17.0 | 2023. What's it like to be able to sleep in every day? Not have to rush out the door and go to work, |
| 0:32.5 | be able to take leisurely walks any time of day. |
| 0:35.5 | Today, nearly 50 million Americans are living that reality every day, |
| 0:40.0 | a number that's been steadily increasing for decades. |
| 0:44.0 | So how do retirees keep busy while giving them a good reason to get out of bed each day? |
| 0:49.0 | For some, that is AmeriCorps seniors. The Federal Agency for National Service and |
| 0:54.8 | volunteerism offer seniors a chance at a third act, an opportunity to indulge their |
| 0:59.9 | passions while giving back to their communities. |
| 1:02.8 | What kind of an impact might they make? |
| 1:05.4 | Atalia Sergy is the director of AmeriCorps seniors |
| 1:08.7 | and joins us now to talk about the group's membership |
| 1:11.2 | and work. |
| 1:12.4 | Atalia, thanks for joining us. |
| 1:14.4 | Thank you so much for having me today. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm really excited to be here |
| 1:17.5 | and share a little bit more about AmeriCorps seniors. |
| 1:20.1 | So how did AmeriCorps Seniors program get started? |
| 1:23.6 | What kinds of projects are retirees involved with? |
| 1:26.5 | AmeriCorps Seniors is a grant-making office actually in the Federal agency of AmeriCorps. |
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