Paul Zollo of The North Hollywood/Toluca Lake Patch wrote an excellent article about EngAGE and its Founder/Executive Director Tim Carpenter. Here’s just a little snippet that explains where Tim got the inspiration for his approach to vital, creative aging:
The breakthrough came when [Tim] recognized the parallel between retirement and going to college, realizing college was the model he needed.
“Retirement and going to college are similar, because they are both significant leaping off points in your life, going from one phase into another,” Carpenter said. “In college, you are starting to plan your career; when you retire, you leave your career and move into a new phase of life. If you look at that phase with the goggles of opportunity, that this could be a great new stage of your life, it makes all the difference.”
The creative, involved residents of any EngAGE community are living proof of just what kind of exciting difference those opportunities can make!
