She invested $25K of her own savings on this passion project. 'I guess I’m not really retiring.”
The keys to happiness are connection and purpose, love and work, relationships and a reason to get up in the morning, according to Marc Freedman, founder of Encore.org, a nonprofit group that works to realize the potential of longer lives and intergenerational connection” and author of “How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations.”
In 2012, Nash founded a small nonprofit, Bernadette’s House, based in Laurel, Md. The organization provides early intervention and prevention services through an after school mentoring program for girls ages 8 to 17 at risk of teenage pregnancy, drug addiction, or failing in school. “Helping people is what I’ve done my entire life,” she says. “I guess I’m not really retiring.”
Nash invested about $25,000 of her own savings to set up the program. Donors helped provide furniture, fix a leaky roof, and paint the leased space. Volunteer mentors are professional women who make a one-year, one-hour-a-week minimum commitment to working with a child. Her advice for those who are thinking of starting their own social enterprise venture? “Don’t be afraid to follow your dream, and never give up. Take your time. You need to do your research, seek mentors, and make sure there’s a genuine need for what it is you want to do. If you think you’ve found a niche and are fulfilling a need to make this a better place, then just do it.”
Take time to reflect. “Carve out solitude, space, and time to consider what kind of mission speaks to you,” says Marci Alboher, the author of “The Encore Career Handbook”. You need a certain amount of humility to switch to nonprofit work.
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