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- Senior Friend Finder - Seniors looking for friends, romance and fun.
www.SeniorFriendFinder.com - Over Fifties - Bulletin board and chat room for people over 50.
www.overfifties.com - Women in Our Sixties - meeting place for only women 60 or older
http://home.teleport.com/%7Elionne/sixty.html - Red Hat Society - "Welcome to the place where there is fun after fifty (and before) for women of all walks of life. We believe silliness is the comedy relief of life and, since we are all in it together, we might as well join red-gloved hands and go for the gusto together. Underneath the frivolity, we share a bond of affection, forged by common life experiences and a genuine enthusiasm for wherever life takes us next.
www.redhatsociety.com - Empty Nest Moms a community of female empty nesters
www.emptynestmoms.com - CatholicSingles"find fellowship, love and a lasting relationship with others matching your profile and faith.
www.catholicsingles.com - CatholicMatch "provide(s) single Catholics with a place to meet others and discern their vocation. We realize that God calls people to the religious and single life as well. CatholicMatch.com has brought people together for marriage, helped others towards the priesthood and religious life, and given those leading a single life the opportunity to deepen an understanding of that calling.
www.catholicmatch.com - JDate "is an ideal online destination for Jewish men and women to find friends, dates, and even soul mates, all within the faith.
www.jdate.com - Jmatach is a Jewish dating service.
www.jmatch.com - FitnessSingles is an "online dating community for sports and fitness enthusiasts.
www.fitness-singles.com - Green Singles "Personal ads for progressive singles in the environmental, vegetarian, and animal rights community and other green singles who love the outdoors, holistic living, personal growth and spirituality - a place to meet and network for friendship, dating, romance and the exchange of information and ideas.
www.greensingles.com - The Right Stuff "is an international introduction network for single graduates and faculty of a select group of excellent universities and colleges. It is a civilized, manageable and affordable way to meet well-educated members of the opposite sex.
www.rightstuffdating.com - Grandparents & Grandchildren Camp "fostering understanding, care and respect for nature, people and their critical interdependence (for grandparents and grandchildren – no parents permitted)
www.sagamore.org - VolunteerMatch brings thousands of good people and good causes together. Find a cause that needs your help and let your inner beauty shine. Nice feature you can enter your zip code, interest and availability.
www.volunteermatch.org - Virtual Volunteer opportunities let you volunteer from "virtually" anywhere -- so you can contribute your time and expertise without ever leaving your office or home.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/virtual/ - United Way provides links to the organizations supported by United Way that need volunteers
www.national.unitedway.org - The Senior Corps is a national network of projects that place older volunteers in volunteer assignments in their communities.
www.joinseniorservice.org - Action Without Borders "connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
www.idealist.org - Big Brothers Big Sisters "mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with measurable impact.
www.bbbsa.org - Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognized leader in the international volunteer field, sending thousands of volunteers overseas every year.
www.crossculturalsolutions.org - Experience Corps® offers new adventures in service for Americans over 55. Experience Corps works to solve serious social problems, beginning with literacy.
www.experiencecorps.org - Global Volunteers facilitates short-term service opportunities on community development programs in host communities abroad. Global Volunteers mobilizes service-learning teams year-around to work in 18 countries on six continents.
www.globalvolunteers.org - Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity is at work in every state of the United States and in 100 other countries around the world.
www.habitat.org - Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential.
www.ja.org - Experience Works "Improve the lives of older people through employment, community service and training. Experience Works has grown to be the nation's leading provider of training, employment, and community service for low-income older people.
www.experienceworks.org - Generations United mission is "To improve the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational collaboration, public policies, and programs for the enduring benefit of all.
www.gu.org - Amizade "encourages intercultural exploration and understanding through community-driven volunteer programs and service-learning programs. Amizade Volunteer Programs offer a rewarding combination of exploration, service and understanding in communities around the world.
www.amizade.org
Family
- Ancestry Library is a collection of family history how-to and genealogy learning materials on the Internet.
www.ancestry.com - Rootsweb The oldest and largest free genealogy site supported by ancestry.com.
www.rootsweb.com - Ellisisland Port of New York passenger record genealogy search
www.ellisisland.org
Health
- The web site of the Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging provides information on a number of health related issues for seniors.
www.aoa.dhhs.gov - Real Age - is the biological age of your body, based on how well you maintain it.
www.realage.com - Care Pathways - " Created and maintained by Registered Nurses (RNs) dedicated to providing seniors and their families access to quality information, products and services
www.carepathways.com - Your Disease Risk – "the source on prevention. Here, you can find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them. Developed over the past ten years by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, Your Disease Risk collects the latest scientific evidence on disease risk factors into one easy-to-use tool.
http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/english/ - Breast Cancer Assessment – "An interactive tool designed by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer.
www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool
Home
- Best Places resource for the best places to retire
www.bestplaces.net - Find Your Spot a short quiz to help YOU find the best place for you to live.
www.findyourspot.com - Cruise Ship Condos
www.residensea.com - Tug2 is a self help community of time share owners
www.tug2.net - Vacation Exchange Network– provides its members — vacation owners from around the world — with comprehensive exchange services and time share resell
www.intervalworld.com - RCI pioneered the concept of vacation exchange and time share resell
www.rci.com - Digsville a home exchange clubwith home listings in more than 55 countries.
www.digsville.com - Freehomeawayfromhome offers a large listing of home exchange sites with free membership
www.freehomeawayfromhome.com - Homeexchange The International Home Exchange Network was the first web site devoted to the listing of home exchanges and private rentals
www.homexchange.com - Ihen The International Home Exchange Network was the first web site devoted to the listing of home exchanges and private rentals
www.ihen.com - Holswap Vacation rental from privately owned holiday villas Holiday Home exchange and Swap Vacations Worldwide.
www.holswap.com - 4homeex a global network for home exchange
www.4homex.com
Travel
- Active Journeys specializes in organizing active holidays worldwide. Walking, cycling, rafting, sea kayaking and canoeing affords you the time to smell the fragrances, absorb the sights and sounds, all the while taking in the beauty of the country and wilderness around you.
www.activejourneys.com - Holland America - leading cruise company whose activities and destinations tend to favor adults.
www.hollandamerica.com - Princess - leading cruise company whose activities and destinations tend to favor adults.
www.princess.com - Educational Cruises
www.classicalcruises.com - Senior Exchange "The Only Home Exchange Exclusively for the Over 50 Age Group"
www.seniorshomeexchange.com - Expedia is a leading internet travel site.
www.expedia.com - Orbitz is a leading online travel company. offering
www.orbitz.com - Travelocity is a leading internet travel site.
www.travelocity.com - Geographic Expeditions A pioneer of travel to remote and challenging destinations since 1982, Geographic Expeditions offers a varied portfolio of overland tours, treks, walks, and expeditionary voyages to the world's most astonishing places.
www.geoex.com - Grown Up Camps is the Internet's most comprehensive directory of traditional, sports and fantasy camps, recreational activities and educational vacations for the adult traveler.
www.grownupcamps.com
Evert Tennis Academy (Tennis Camp) offers an adult clinic
www.evertacademy.com - The John Newcombe Tennis Ranch (Tennis Camp) offers adult tennis packages designed to ensure maximum enjoyment and improvement of your game, no matter what your existing level of play.
http://www.newktennis.com/tennis_adultprograms.html - Richard Petty Driving Experience Get behind the wheel or Ride-Along in a NASCAR style stock car at more than 20 locations. Have the experience of driving or riding in a stock car at some of the most famous racing facilities in the world.
www.1800bepetty.com - Spanish Steps features walks across Spain following the pilgrimage route known as the Camino de Santiago. They also offer a number of Adventure Walking tours in Italy, Argentina, France, and Portugal.
www.spanishsteps.com - American Hiking Society is the only national organization dedicated to promoting and protecting America's hiking trails, the natural areas that surround them, and the hiking experience itself.
www.americanhiking.org - Sherpa Expeditions was founded 30 years ago; long before adventure travel became as widely accepted as it is today, and long before the internet. We are professional tour operators rather than an internet travel site.
www.sherpaexpeditions.com - Activity Ireland has been in operation since 1989 and provides a number of Adventure Travel options in Ireland.
www.activity-ireland.com - Grandtravel, developed by a team of teachers, psychologists and leisure counselors, Grandtravel is dedicated to helping grandparents create lasting memories for themselves and their grandchildren.
www.grandtrvl.com - Grand Kids and Me Foundation, under the umbrella of the National Heritage Foundation, helps build strong families through intergenerational relationships.
www.grandkidsandme.com - Adventure for Women, adventure travel designed especially for women travlers.
www.adventurewomen.com - Dante Alighieri – Siena school offers a wide-range of Italian language courses, Italian cultural courses, culinary course, opera course and drama course for all age groups and levels of Italian
www.dantealighieri.com - Culinary College Directory a portal of comprehensive directories of culinary, travel and hospitality programs on the Internet.
www.patanegra.net - La Varenne, founded by Anne Willan in 1975, this famous French cooking school directs its culinary programs at the Château du Feÿ in Burgundy, France.
www.lavarenne.com - The International Kitchen, dedicated to offering the best of Italian and French lifestyle and cuisine. The International Kitchen now offers over 70 unique trips.
www.theinternationalkitchen.com - Earthwatch Institute supports scientific field research by offering volunteers the opportunity to join research teams around the world. This unique model is creating a systematic change in how the public views science and its role in environmental sustainability.
www.earthwatch.org - Adventure Directory is a portal to almost every kind of adventure racing.
www.adventuredirectory.com - Myths and Mountains offers journeys inside a country's culture located in Asia, Africa, South East Asia, South American and Antarctica.
http://www.mythsandmountains.com/ - Canadian Voyageur Adventures provide guided canoe excursions in replica fur trade canoes!
www.gocanoe.com - Grizzly Bear Adventure Tours at Knight Inlet Lodge™ in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Enjoy one of the premier grizzly bear viewing spots in the world, set amidst the dramatic snow-capped peaks of Canada's rugged coastline.
www.grizzlytours.com
Spirituality
- 2nd Half Strategies - "Our purpose is to inspire people to create their legacies with intention, passion, and their innate spiritual wisdom.
www.2ndhalfstrategies.com - John Templeton Foundation - "The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.
www.templeton.org
- Belief Net - "We are a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your own religious and spiritual needs -- in an interesting, captivating and engaging way. We are independent. We are not affiliated with a particular religion or spiritual movement. We are not out to convert you to a particular approach, but rather to help you find your own. Fundamental to our mission is a deep respect for a wide variety of faiths and traditions.
www.beliefnet.org
Self Development: Learning & Education
- "AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over. AARP is dedicated to enhancing quality of life for all as we age. We lead positive social change and deliver value to members through information, advocacy and service. AARP also provides a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for our members.
www.aarp.org - Gen Plus USA - "brings meaning, respect and resources to you, the plus generation, aged 50 and older, in the USA and Canada.
www.genplususa.com - Mature Resources - " is a free national ezine and business directory. We specialize in enriching the lives and needs of Baby Boomers through Seniors.
www.matureresources.org - Maturity Works - " The National Council on the Aging is a national network of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the health and independence of older persons and increasing their continuing contributions to communities, society and future generations.
www.maturityworks.org - Third Age - "an online media and direct marketing company focused exclusively on serving the needs of midlife adults
www.thirdage.com - 2 Young 2 Retire " help(s) you navigate the uncharted waters of longevity
www.2young2retire.com - Senior Journal - " Senior Citizens News and Information Daily on the Web
www.seniorjournal.com - Elderhostel "is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing extraordinary learning adventures for people 55 and over
www.elderhostel.org - Osher Life Long Institute (OLLI) at Echerd College: "OLLI classes and programs are designed for everyone age 50 or better.
www.eckerd.edu/olli - Study Abroad Links "provides an easy-to-use and practical starting point for anyone who is looking for information and resources to assist them in selecting a school, program or tour for study abroad or educational travel.
www.studyabroadlinks.com - The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a highly successful adult education movement providing opportunities for older adults to enjoy a range of activities associated with well-being in later life.
www.worldu3a.org - Mentor "is a trusted voice for the power of mentoring. We work to ensure that every chide who wants and needs a mentor has the right one.
www.mentoring.org - The Learning Annex provides our students with the tools they need to change careers, make more money, improve their relationships, empower their lives and support personal and spiritual growth.
www.learningannex.com - The Teaching Company "brings engaging professors into your home or car on DVD, audio CD and other formats
www.teach12.com - Boston Center for Adult Education seeks to provide educational opportunities for adults that foster personal and professional development, enhance a sense of community, and encourage social responsibility.
www.bcae.org - Colorado Free University is Colorado's premier continuing education resource.
www.freeu.com - Phoenix University Online Beginning in the early 1970s University of Phoenix reinvented the way in which working adults could achieve a higher education and made academic innovation, quality and accountability its hallmark. It pioneered an educational and service model specifically geared toward the way adults learn best and made its programs widely available to working students using common-sense scheduling and fresh new approaches to academic delivery.
www.phoenix.edu - Petersons connects individuals, educational institutions, and corporations through its critically acclaimed books, Web sites, online products, and admissions services.
www.petersons.com - Get Educated is an online counseling center for adult learners seeking accredited online college degrees
www.geteducated.com - Distance Grad Schools is an online resource for graduate school information with over 58,000 programs listed.
www.distance.gradschools.com
Mental Challenge
- American Contract Bridge League promotes the fun and challenge of bridge and support educational and playing opportunities for bridge enthusiasts throughout North America.
http://www.acbl.org - OK Bridge is the friendliest, best run online bridge club in the world. Play bridge anytime, anywhere.
www.okbridge.com - ItsYourTurn.com offers a number of internet games for free. Games available include chess, backgammon, Jamble (a word game) checkers, Battleboats, Pente, Go, and Stack4. Over 60 different games and variations.
www.itsyourturn.com - Internet Chess Club is a loosely organized community of internet chess players.
www.chessclub.com - Older Adult Service, OASIS, is a national nonprofit educational organization designed to enhance the quality of life for mature adults. Offering challenging programs in the arts, humanities, wellness, technology and volunteer service, OASIS creates opportunities for older adults to continue their personal growth and provide meaningful service to the community.
www.oasisnet.org - Flying Colors Art Workshops specializes in organizing and hosting art workshops around the world, including the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia.
www.flyingcolorsart.com - Web Sudoku a Sudoku site on the Internet
http://play.websudoku.com/ - Sudoku Game offers a new game every day on line.
http://www.sudukogame.com - Count on Sudoku Play a new game every day on line.
http://www.counton.org/sudoku
Work Support
- Biz Planit - "assists in business planning and raising capital.
www.bizplanit.com - The National Business Incubation Associating is "the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.
www.nbia.org - Working Solo - "The information source for independent entrepreneurs and companies serving the SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) market
www.workingsolo.com - SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) "provides professional guidance and information, accessible to all, to maximize the success of America's existing and emerging small businesses.
www.score.org - Bizstarters "one-stop source of all help needed to plan and launch a really terrific new business at 50 and beyond
www.bizstarters.com - Career Builder combines presence in more then 130 local newspapers and the internet for job searches.
www.careerbuilder.com - Monster - internet site for job searches
www.monster.com - Senior Job Bank - 100% free to over- 50 Job Seekers
Completely confidential service matching job seekers over 50 with employers and good jobs.
www.seniorjobbank.com - Go 60 - "Older workers employment opportunities. Helping seniors improve with age
www.go60.com - Senior Jobs - "Over 50 Career site, serving the employment needs of the "Third Age.
www.seniorsjobs.com - Experience Works "is a national, nonprofit organization that offers training, employment, and community service opportunities for mature workers.
www.experienceworks.org - Senior Jobs - "is a job placement service that matches companies and job seekers age 50 and above in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington , D.C.
www.seniorjobs.org - Seniors for Hire - "a nationwide online Career Center for U.S. job seekers 50 and over to find job openings from businesses that value a diverse workforce and actively recruit and hire older workers, retirees and/or senior citizens.
www.seniors4hire.org - Job Hunters Bible (created by the author of What Color is Your Parachute)
www.jobhuntersbible.com - Creative Retirement - a collection of articles, retirement tips, interesting places to visit, and fun things to do
www.creativeretirement.org - Retirement Jobs "our goal is to identify companies most-suited to older workers and match them with active, productive, conscientious, mature adults seeking a job or project that matches their lifestyle.
www.retirementjobs.com - Dream Jobs To Go offers information about a wide range of types of jobs.
www.dreamjobstogo.com