National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

MetLife Foundation Older Volunteers Enrich America
Program Awards
in partnership with the
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

The 2007 MetLife Foundation Older Volunteers Enrich America Program Awards, administered by n4a, builds on the Foundation's and n4a's shared commitment to and support for healthy aging and volunteer initiatives.

This program honors and disseminates the promising practices of high-performing volunteer programs. Awards of Excellence will be given in 2007 to three outstanding volunteer programs whose practices in recruitment, orientation and training, retention and recognition of older volunteers may serve as models for others. Ten additional exemplary programs will be recognized with Awards of Achievement.

The Call for Nominations is closed. We thank those of you who submitted nominations on behalf of programs utilizing older volunteers.

For additional information about the awards program, contact Mary Brugger Murphy at 202/872-0888 or or mbruggermurphy@n4a.org.

For more information on the 2006 Awards, see:

Publication, Promising Practices in Recruiting and Engaging Older Volunteers (October 2006) (pdf)

Teleconferences, Promising Practices in Recruiting and Engaging Older Volunteers (September 25 and 28, 2006)

Presenter: Meredith Stevens Iannarelli, Volunteer Services Team Leader, The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, Port Orange, FL (pdf)

Presenter: Anne Schuman, Director of Volunteer Services, Council for Jewish Elderly, Chicago, IL (pdf)

Presenter: Jan Clover, National Manager, Intergenerational Tutoring, The OASIS Institute, St. Louis, MO (pdf)

Presenter: Jacque Pipe, Director, St. Mary's Senior Companion Program, Grand Junction, CO (pdf)

Press Release, June 13, 2006 - MetLife Foundation and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Honor Exemplary Programs Engaging Older Volunteers

Press Release, February 13, 2006 - MetLife Foundation and n4a to Honor Exemplary Older Volunteer Programs