Senior Mentorship
Your decades of experience = priceless to others.
Why mentor
- Sense of purpose — proven longevity boost.
- Mental sharpness — teaching = learning.
- Cross-generational friendships.
- Pass on what mattered in your career.
- Combat loneliness.
- Often virtual — no commute.
Career mentoring
- SCORE — mentor small business owners. score.org. FREE.
- MicroMentor — virtual entrepreneurship mentoring.
- Encore.org — senior career-second-act roles.
- LinkedIn Career Advice — mentor younger professionals.
- Industry alumni networks — your old company often has retiree groups.
Youth mentoring
- Big Brothers Big Sisters — kids who need adult role model.
- Foster Grandparents Program — Senior Corps. Stipend offered.
- Eldera — virtual mentoring with kids worldwide.
- School volunteer — local elementary reading buddies.
- 4-H Cooperative Extension — life skills + agricultural mentoring.
- Boy/Girl Scouts — troop leader.
Tech-based mentoring
- Senior Corps RSVP — flexible volunteer matches.
- Tech-savvy seniors teaching less-tech seniors at libraries.
- Skype-A-Scientist — share STEM career with classrooms.
- Wisdom Keepers — record life stories for archive.
- Storyworth — annual subscription captures your stories.
Senior Corps
Federal program, AmeriCorpsSeniors.gov. Three tracks: Foster Grandparents (work with kids), Senior Companions (help other seniors), RSVP (flexible volunteer matching). All FREE training. Some pay small stipends. Your purpose, redefined.