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Director's Message
Summer is officially underway and with it a host of new opportunities for ReServe! We recently welcomed new board members; expanded our reach to the West Coast; hosted visitors from two continents; and are looking at how to integrate new technologies for greater impact.
ReServists continue to drive our successes and, this past May, we celebrated your many contributions and accomplishments at our Appreciation Breakfast.
Exciting plans are in the works for our ReServEd program, which resumes September 29th.
Please check our Facebook page -
ReServeNY - every week for regular updates and a host of opportunities including Hot Jobs. And remember to 'like' us!
Wishing you a happy summer!
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Hot Jobs: Finance and Data Entry Opportunities
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Chief Financial Officer: Women for Afghan Women (WAW)
Oversee accounting and financial management, with oversight responsibility for domestic and international programs,
integrating reports from Afghani field offices.
Requirements: B.A. in accounting; experience managing staff, working with upper management and Boards; intermediate Excel and QuickBooks proficiency;
21 to 25 hours per week. Click here for the Opportunity Board listing.
Video Teleconferencing Liaison: NYC Dept of Correction
Assist with capturing statistics to develop reports and coordinate with VTC units for the Criminal Justice Bureau.
Requirements: Microsoft Excel, intermediate Word, and good organizational skills. This position is available for at least a year, with the possibility of extension. Click here for the Opportunity Board listing.
Visit ReServe NY on  regularly for new listings!
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ReServe Welcomes New Chairman and Board Members
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Michael Weinstein, one of the original founders of ReServe, has be
en elected to the position of Chair, effective June 2016. Michael
holds a Ph.D. in Economics from M.I.T. and since 200
2 has served as the Chief Program Officer of the Robin Hood Foundation. President and founder of W.A.D. Financial, a nonprofit that counsels low-income families at no cost, he co-authored The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving (Columbia University Press, 2013).
Other ReServe Board updates include the addition of two new members: R
aquiba LaBrie and Diane Camper. Raquiba holds a Doctor of Law from Harvard University and is the Director of Community Investment at L&M Development Partners. Previously she was Founding Program Director for the Equality and Opportunity Fund at the Open Society Foundation. Diane is a communications specialist with knowledge of the media, law, for-profit and non-profit organizations. Her experience includes extensive communication work with the Public Welfare Foundation, editorial work for The Baltimore Sun, Senior Fellow and Manager of Public Affairs for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, editorial board member for the New York Times, and Washington Bureau Correspondent for Newsweek.
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City Officials Honor First Decade of ReServe
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More than 100 ReServists gathered in May for a special appreciation
breakfast held in honor of ReServe's 10 year anniversary.
Blazing Trails: Celebrating
10 Years of ReServe
highlighted ReServe's vital contributions to
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Deputy Mayor
Richard Buery
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New York City nonprofits and public agencies.
Both staff
and Board Members were present to hono
r our dedicated professionals, along with special guests
Deputy Mayor Richard Buery
and
Athena Moore
, Northern Manhattan Director, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer's office. Deputy Mayor Buery's keynote address warmly praised the transformative power of ReServe, which "helps the world's greatest city continue to grow and prosper for all of its citizens."
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A special thanks to all our ReServists and to our generous sponsor Grant Thornton for hosting the event.
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Testing New Technology for Caregivers
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ReServe is proving to be fertile testing grounds for new caregiving technologies.
Albert Browne
, Director of Impact Areas for AARP Foundation, joined ReServe's dementia care coaches in June to demonstrate the Amazon Echo and get their feedback on its applications for caregivers of people with dementia.
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Al Browne, Director, Impact Areas, AARP Foundation, demonstrates Echo for ReServist Judy Birch |
The Amazon Echo is a hybrid speaker with voice recognition that can answer certain questions and do certain tasks. AARP is conducting research to develop applications to support caregivers.
ReServist Judy Birch (see photo) is participating in the first phase of this research project and will share her observations with AARP and the Dementia Care team in late July.
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ReServe is gaining a foothold on the West Coast through expansion of PrepNOW!,
a professional development program for foster parents to create a college-going culture within the home. Fedcap expanded the program to Los Angeles in April and on-boarded three ReServists to begin working with foster care parents this month.
Stephanie Serafin, Director, Child Welfare National Platform, Fedcap, reports that the program is off to a strong start. "To date seven Family Foster Agencies (FFAs) have elected to participate in the first cohort of agencies," she said. "We have experienced nothing but commitment and enthusiasm about PrepNOW! from the LA County partners."
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Sharpen Your QuickBooks Skills
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If you're looking for a part-time ReServe assignment, candidates with
Quickbooks
skills are in demand!
Free online non-credited courses are available through Intuit Academy at
www.youtube.com/user/IntuitAcademy
. Or check with Senior Planet, a Manhattan resource that offers free tech classes. Visit www.seniorplanet.org or call (646) 590-0615 for more information.
For instant results invest in a copy of QuickBooks for Dummies (available through Amazon) or view a free YouTube tutorial such as QuickBooks 2012. Then, keep your eye on the ReServe Opportunity Board!
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Easter Seals Seeks Volunteers for 7/30
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Calling all ReServists! Easterseals New York, a division of Fedcap, invites you to support its
2016 Walk on
Saturday, July 30th by volunteering. The Walk will take place at Flushing Meadows Park from 9 AM until noon. Easterseals is the leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with specific disabilities and special needs.
To volunteer, or for more information, please email
Nora Ouamani:
[email protected]
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The Benefits of 'Unretirement'
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It's official: Working into retirement is good for your physical and mental health. That was the general consensus at the most recent 20016 Age Boom Academy at Columbia University.
Jack Rosenthal, co-founder of ReServe and the Age Boom Academy, shared examples of ReServe's Success Mentors who work with high school juniors and seniors in urban high schools. "It has provided benefits you wouldn't normally expect," said Rosenthal. "The ReServists establish wonderful relationships with the kids, stay in touch after they get to college and help them stay in college."
Click here to read the full story in NextAvenue .
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ReServe Welcomes Fredrick Miuzzo
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Fredrick Miuzzo, Recruitment and Account Supervisor |
ReServe is pleased to announce
Fredrick Miuzzo as our new Recruitment and Account Supervisor. A native of the Bay Ridge neighborhood in Brooklyn, Fredrick brings to ReServe his extensive background in nonprofits focused on community building and responding to the needs of older adults. Most recently, he served as Program Manager of Adult Services at Hudson Guild, a venerable community-based organization in Chelsea and a ReServe partner.
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On May 24th ReServe welcomed two representatives from Singapore's Centre for Seniors, Executive Director
Lim Sia Hoe and adviser
Charles Chin. In New York on a fact
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-finding mission, they met with ReServe Associate Director Betsy Conrad, as well as representatives from Easter Seals and Fedcap, ReServe's parent company.
"Our country has a mandatory retirement age of 62, which the government is hoping to raise to 65-- or maybe as high as 67-- in the near future," Ms. Lim said. With its small population and limited immigration policy, extending the retirement age is crucial to the local economy.
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