  Boomers to change world - again  October 23, 2009 Times Leader
CHANGING THE world is not an easy assignment - but baby boomers
did it once and they’ll do it again. They tackled civil rights
and women’s rights and ushered the country into the digital age
of communication and entertainment media. They demanded better
health care and more efficient automobiles. They worked alone
and worked together to influence both their neighbors and their
political leaders. Their list of achievements over the past
60-plus years is undeniably remarkable. The boomer generation
has “never just migrated through stages of life,” says Ken
Dychtwald, a specialist on aging. “They always transformed them
as they went . . . boomers are not going to grow old like any
generations we’ve ever seen.” And now this cohort of baby
boomers - this largest of all generations, born between 1946 and
1964 inclusively - is redefining what retirement means and is on
the verge of changing the world again through active
volunteerism. Sometimes referre