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Silverberg: The benefits of 'time philanthropy' | HeraldTribune.com: uckily, there are efforts afoot in this area to achieve those goals and many others. The Patterson Foundation, in cooperation with the community engagement organization SCOPE (which I serve as a board member) and the University of South Florida, conducted the Aging with Dignity and Independence study. SCOPE has also been instrumental in establishing the Institute for the Ages, planned as a comprehensive approach to retooling society in keeping with the changing demographics.