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Lifestyle/Technology: Resources for those beginning to think about alternatives to retirement | Susan Olasky

A recent New York Times story featured baby boomers thinking about retirement and not wanting to spend many of their hours hitting golf balls. Marc Freedman, founder of Civic Ventures, calls the trend away from leisure-based retirement "encore careers"; civicventures.com and encorecareers.org are both websites that provide resources for those beginning to think about alternatives to retirement.

Christians, who have been non-retiring for a while, can also get ideas from christianvolunteering.org, a website that operates like the job website monster.com. Several Christian ministries specifically target retirees with RVs. Sowerministry.org, Mobile Missionary Assistance Program (mmap.org), and Roving Volunteers in Christ's Service (rvics.com) recruit Christian retirees with RVs to work on short-term projects across the country.