Join us as we hear from Rebecca Smither, Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine’s Comprehensive Center for Brain Health in Boca Raton, as she discusses their research into the factors promoting brain health. She will tell us how you can help their research as a volunteer participant.

Encore PBC is a strong advocate that volunteerism is an important element in healthy aging. There is much research that supports this. Christine Catoggio and Joni Cherbo, Encore Board members, will also share their development of a Volunteer Assessment Profile to help people find the right volunteer opportunity for them.

2nd Annual Wisdom & Experience Works for Business Awards

Date: October 28th, 2022
Time: 8:30 am to 10:00 am
Location: Airport Hilton, 150 Australian Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33406

TO NOMINATE AN AGE-FRIENDLY EMPLOYER OR TO SPONSOR THE AWARDS, CLICK HERE!

The Board of Directors of Encore Palm Beach County has established The Rosemary R. Nixon Scholarship in 2022 In honor of Rosemary who founded EncorePBC in 2017. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist older adults (aged 50 or better) who are full-time residents of Palm Beach County with funding to assist them with an educational and/or vocational award to allow them to reach their full potential in either employment or an entrepreneurial or volunteer endeavor.

Interested in applying?

Submit your full legal name, mailing address, email address, and phone number, along with the reason for your scholarship request (including how it will benefit you) to EncorePBC Board Member Karen Roberts at KarenRobertshrconsultant@gmail.com.

Applications must be received by Sept. 1, 2022. All submittals will be acknowledged and applicants may be contacted should more details be required as part of the application process.

To review the criteria for application, click here.

Get a Free Consultation With an Encore Coach!  Complete our Volunteer Assessment Profile.

Once submitted, you will be contacted by Joni Cherbo or Christine Catoggio, Encore Palm Beach County Advisory Board Members, to schedule your complimentary 30-minute coaching session. Click here!

INFORM

We regularly communicate over multiple platforms to bring subject matter experts, interviews and topics of interest to our community.

ADVOCATE

We advocate that people over 50 have skills, wisdom and experience our communities need to solve social problems and benefit the intergenerational workplace.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to become the one place people over 50 in Palm Beach County can go to find what they need for their continued engagement with life and purpose.