Four Tips to Increase Retention of Baby Boomer Volunteers

According to the research report “Keeping Baby Boomers Volunteering: A Research Brief on Volunteer Retention and Turnover,” authored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, “three out of every 10 boomer volunteers choose not to volunteer in the following year.”

The report analyzes data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2002 to 2006 to trace volunteer habits of baby boomers and offer insight into what makes them volunteer.