Whether or not you think that of retirement as “the long holiday” or perhaps a “never-ending weekend,” it’s the time period within your life when you have finest discretion as to how you can make use of your time. Just what do you plan to or might like to do with your time when you have the option? It’s the retirement readiness and priorities that will effect these decisions. (more…)

About one out of every four women (42-56 years old) does some volunteer work. The women volunteers average 24 weeks per year and during their weeks of volunteerism, they average 6 hours per week in this activity.

As with the older men, these averages hide a wide range of variability in the number of weeks women volunteer. (more…)

Relatively little statistical research has been done on the factors that influence people’s participation in volunteer activities. Most of the recent information is descriptive in nature: who volunteers, how much time is spent, and the types of organizations for which they volunteer. (more…)