What does retirement look like for you?

For a West Lawn resident with an electrical engineering degree, retirement entails spending a part of his week fixing electric appliances donated to Habitat for Humanity’s South Side ReStore.

For a former WBBM-Ch. 2 reporter and anchor/reporter at WMAQ-Ch. 5, retirement includes assisting people at St. Leonard’s Ministries who have been affected by the carceral system.

And for one Northbrook resident with a logistics background in the grocery industry, his post-employment days involve raising awareness on the need for diapers. (One in two U.S. families struggle to afford enough diapers for their children, according to the National Diaper Bank Network.)

The thread that ties this trio together is the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, a national nonprofit t

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