Civic Ventures Purpose Prize and BreakThrough Award

Posted by on November 24, 2006

Civic Ventures Opens Nominations for 2007 Purpose Prize and new BreakThrough Award

Every day nearly 8,000 baby boomers turn 60. This past September, anticipating this huge demographic shift and what it could mean for our country, Civic Ventures announced the first winners of The Purpose Prize five $100,000 and ten $10,000 investments in Americans over 60 whose creativity, talent and experience is transforming the way our nation addresses critical social problems. Dozens of other innovators received national recognition for their work. Now nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Purpose Prize. The application deadline is February 1, 2007. The awards will be announced in September 2007.

<a href="http://www.purposeprize.org/prize/">http://www.purposeprize.org/prize/</a>

The MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures BreakThrough Award is a new award for innovative organizations that tap the passion and experience of people over 50 to improve society. It will recognize new approaches to employment for older adults that combine the spirit of service with the benefits of work. It?s a salute to any nonprofit or public sector agency that takes on local, national, or international challenges by engaging this vast and vibrant workforce for the common good. The application deadline is February 1, 2007. Awards will be announced in the spring of 2007.

<a href="http://www.civicventures.org/breakthrough/">http://www.civicventures.org/breakthrough/</a>