A couple of nights ago I attended an organizational meeting for raising funds for a non-profit group operating in my town that provides housing and training for economically-challenged families with children.
As I listened to each member of the group introduce themselves, it dawned on me that the majority of them are self-employed business owners, just like me.
Among the volunteers are a local independent insurance agent, the owner of the local UPS store, a marketing consultant and several other small business owners.
Why am I discussing this topic in today's blog?
Because I bet that the make-up of my volunteer charity group is fairly common across the U.S.
Small business entrepreneurs not only provide virtually all job growth today in the U.S., but they also are much more active in charity and volunteer work than their corporate brethren.
I remember that as a corporate manager I was working 60+ hours per week, including my 2-hour roundtrip commute each workday. I rarely made it home before 7 pm and then if I wanted to attend a charity or volunteer group meeting, I had to rush to change my clothes, eat and make the meeting.
So, naturally over time I withdrew from most of my charity work and I like to think that my community was the worse for not having my involvement in such activities.
One of the wonderful opportunities you will enjoy as a 50+ Boomer entrepreneur is that you too will now have the flexibility of schedule to support whatever charity and/or volunteer work you choose.
Not only will your small business management experience be very valuable to your charity group, but your availability during the daytime and evening hours will set you apart from most of your friends who continue to slave away in the corporate world.
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