Intergenerational Program Database

Grandparent/grandchild camp is a half week day camp for grades K-up. Adults and children camp in our campground with their equipment. Grandparents and grandchildren will join our staff who provide programs that encourage fellowship and interaction. Two lunches are included for the children and grandparents. There are optional activities for adults during the day.

RSVP BABES (Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies) is a prevention program using colorful puppets to encourage children to live happy, healthy lives free from abuse. Trained RSVP volunteers using BABES puppets and a script present accurate, nonjudgmental and age-appropriate information to all second grade classes in Portage County. The program is designed to help children by promoting self-esteem, defining peer pressure and practicing good decision-making skills. The program also helps the children understand and develop skills necessary to cope with unhappy situations and stresses the importance of asking for help.

In B.A.B.E.S (Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies)trained volunteers use animal puppets to educate students about substance abuse, coping skills and peer pressure. Senior volunteers serve as role models, developing caring relationships with students over the course of the five weeks they are in the classroom.

Grandparents' University is designed for children ages 7-14 accompanied by their grandparent(s). All are welcome to participate! Classes will be offered in various classrooms across the UW-Green Bay campus.

Every summer, the Wisconsin Alumni Association hosts Grandparents University (GPU), a two-day program that brings children ages 7 to 14 and their grandparents together to learn from each other and to experience the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s dynamic campus atmosphere. You’ll have the opportunity to explore a “major” and participate in hands-on activities led by top UW faculty and staff.

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care provides community-based health and educational services for children and frail adults, and serves as a resource and support for caregivers. The goal is to form a community of people from all walks of life, all ages, and all abilities that love, honor, and respect each other. Our intergenerational program forms partnerships between children's classrooms and adult unites by schedule at least three small group experiences per day such as paling instruments, singing, painting, ceramics, swimming, exercise, cooking, eating snacks and meals together, storytelling, and visiting. Facility wide events like the monthly intergenerational birthday party occur in the atrium. In addition to the pre-school program, they have a buddy program that pairs central city teens with adult clients. Keyword: Shared Site

An RSVP Folk Fair is a demonstration of arts, crafts, hobbies, everyday items and unusual or interesting items-some from "years ago", some more recent. The fairs, offered at local schools, serve as an informative way to show the younger generation what older adults do for hobbies and what life was like when older adults were young.

Companion Day Services is part of the Tiny Tiger Intergenerational Center focused on bridging the gap between generations. The Tiny Tiger Intergenerational Center provides three interacting services under one roof including Child Care, Adult Care and a Human Service Academy public charter school. The Human Services Academy is the first intergenerational career-based program in Wisconsin, and possibly the nation, annually enrolling over one-hundred students. Keyword: Shared Site

Located within the Lutheran Home are several programs for adults : Skilled Nursing Care, Memory Care Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Rehabilitation Care. There is also an NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children)accredited Children's Center that is licensed for 122 children between the ages of infant through 12 years of age. All classes of the children, infants through 4 year old Kindergarten, meet with different groups of adult residents and participants 2 to 3 times a week for scheduled activities planned by the recreation therapists and children's center teachers. In addition twice a month there are planned activity mornings for the children and all adult residents and participants that are interested. For the past two years the Lutheran Home has put on an intergenerational Art Show. Some resident artists are highlighted, but many of the pieces of art are made by the residents/participants and the children. During the summer the children in the school age classes also participate in the intergenerational activities. The children enjoy spending time with their grand-friends, and the adults seem to feel the same. Keyword: Shared Site

Serves individuals and families of ages with disabilities.