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Montana’s Peter Rosten and MAPS – Retirees Find Meaning Serving the Needs of Their Communities

At-risk students and the sense of finding a spiritual home also attracted Peter Rosten, 66, a former Hollywood movie and TV producer, writer and film editor. After 35 years in an ultracompetitive business, he moved to Darby, Mont., in the shadow of the Bitterroot Mountains.

Seeing a lack of arts and career education and opportunity in the local school districts, Mr. Rosten started MAPS: Media Arts in the Public Schools http://www.mapsmediainstitute.com/ with $10,000 of his own money. The program teaches film, technology, music and entrepreneurship.

Now in its 11th year, Mr. Rosten’s organization offers free after-school courses in filmmaking to some 150 students in the area. His students have even received paid work, producing public service announcements on topics including the value of high school graduation, the dangers of teenage smoking and the benefits of studying math and science.

By JOHN F. WASIK

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/your-money/retirees-find-meaning-as-volunteers-meeting-community-needs.html

More about MAPS: http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?showall=1&catlabel=MAPS+%3A+Media+Arts+in+the+Public+Schools&cat_id=84

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