Bruce Carlson, Retired Aquarium Director | Feb 1, 2019 | Column, February - March 2019
The biggest surprise about retirement is that I am busier now than when I had a regular job. My to-do list seems to get longer every day, even though I know I am continually completing tasks. Keeping busy with meaningful work is good advice to anyone contemplating retirement.
Gregory Dunn, President and CEO, Hawaii Theatre Center | May 19, 2018 | June - July 2018, Living Life
It’s hard to believe 22 years have passed since the renovated Hawaii Theatre Center reopened its doors to the public following a decade-long effort by community volunteers to raise $32 million and save the historic structure from the developer’s wrecking ball. Today, volunteerism is still the lifeblood of the Hawaii Theatre Center.
Margaret A. Perkinson, PhD, University of Hawaii at Mānoa | Sep 30, 2017 | Column, October - November 2017
Volunteering — an activity that is voluntary, unpaid, structured by an organization and directed toward a community concern — is as beneficial for the older adult who engages in it as it is for those on the receiving end. While fewer older adults volunteer compared to...