February/March 2012
       
 
By Kate DeLoach

A vintage Good-bye

This is a tough editorial to pen. It is my last.

Since losing my right hand assistant last July, I have been selling ads by day and doing everything else nights and weekends. Six months of being "chief cook and bottle washer" is enough. Friends in the industry warned me from the beginning that getting and keeping good sales reps would be my biggest challenge. Understatement. But I've had a blast producing Vintage for the past five-and-a-half years, and now this chapter of my life and work is coming to a close.

I want to thank all of my faithful advertisers - those who believed in a mere concept in the beginning and helped to launch Vintage , and those who stuck with me for the long haul. Needless to say, the magazine would have been history a long time ago without you!

Vintage is still - and always has been - a revenue producer. I just can't do it all myself. If there is someone out there who wants to get into the publication business, give me a call. I have a distribution system set up in five counties, software, templates and a well-recognized logo in place. Let's talk! .

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Features

Civic Clubs & Their Services

By Amy Leigh Tyson

 


According to data released in September by the Corporation for National and Community Service, 18.7 million older adults volunteered on average more than 3 billion hours in their communities between 2008 and 2010. More than 25 percent of those individuals were aged 55 and older. What's really impressive is that their service benefited the nation to the tune of $64 billion each year.

But these "Boomers and Beyond" who have so generously given of themselves reap rewards far beyond personal satisfaction and fulfillment. Research gathered over the course of two decades is showing a positive correlation between volunteering and health gains such as lower mortality rates, greater functional ability and lower rates of depression and disease later in life.

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to volunteer more in the community, the following list of our region's notable, volunteer-driven clubs and organizations will help you choose where to get started.

 

  

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