Heritage Fund – the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County was one of 30 community foundations in the U.S. selected to take part in a long-term initiative to study the needs and opportunities for experienced adults to remain engaged in community life.  People reaching 60 today generally benefit from better health, more education and greater financial security. Neither young nor old, they have much to contribute and more options than ever in how they choose to invest their time, talent, knowledge and experience during full or partial retirement, or without retiring at all.  We need to make sure they stay activity involved in our community through employment, civic engagement, and lifelong learning.

Heritage Fund is partnering with Senior Center Services to conduct the research project. Civic Boom! will gather information in two ways; by means of focus group discussions and through on-line surveys.  We would like to encourage everyone over the age of 50 or those interesting in engaging the talents of Bartholomew County residents over the age of 50 to take a few minutes to complete one of the surveys. 

Please visit the Heritage Fund’s website www.heritagefundbc.com and click on Civic Boom! You will be directed to the two surveys.  The surveys will be available through February 23, 2007.

Heritage Fund will submit its Civic Boom! report to Atlantic Philanthropies in April. Additional funding may be available to develop programs and initiatives that would address the barriers identified during this first phase of the Civic Boom! project.  

Your support of Civic Boom! is appreciated.

Project updates will be posted on the Heritage Fund website.