Golden Giving : Everything You Need to Know for an Enriched, Socially Conscious Retirement

You’ve spent decades trying to make a comfortable life for yourself and your family. Now that retirement is here, what will you do with it? Travel? Buy a yacht? Put money away for your grandkids’ college education?

What you do with your hard-earned money is completely up to you. If you’re looking to make life better for those less fortunate, consider reading Golden Giving: Everything You Need to Know for an Enriched, Socially Conscious Retirement. Here are some of the subjects covered in this book:

• Taking care of yourself first
• Defining your goals for philanthropy
• Navigating local and international giving
• Identifying effective nonprofit entities
• Encouraging others to raise funds

As a member of the working world, you spent years contributing to society. However, giving back doesn’t have to stop with retirement—in fact, these years could see your greatest contributions yet. With the practical advice in this book, you could be well on your way to a becoming a philanthropist on a local or global scale. Retirement is a time to finally enjoy life, and few things are more enjoyable than making the world a better place.

Vasudevan Rajaram has written four books on mining, environment and ecology, and waste management. He has been heavily involved with philanthropy for the past thirteen years. Rajaram coauthored Golden Giving with Keith Olson and Andrea Groner.