The Experience Movement and the Purpose Prize

Civic Ventures, a think tank founded in the late 1990s is "reframing the
debate about aging in America and redefining the second half of life as a source of social and individual renewal"

It's about "helping society achieve the greatest return on experience."

They begun a number of programs including the Experience Corps, a national service program for Americans over 55, the Next Chapter working in local communities to help people in the second half of life connect with peers and find pathways to significant service.

The Purpose Prize provides 5 awards of $100,000 each to people over  60 who are taking on society's biggest challenges.

Here are some of the winners about whom Mark Freedman, founder and President of Civic Ventures said,

"These men and women - some national figures, some local heroes - disprove the notion that innovation is the province of the young and show us the essence of what's possible in an aging society."

Nominations for the 2008 Purpose Prize are open November 15 through March 1.

The foundation also publishes a number of booklets available for download including The Boomers' Guide to Good Work