Intergenerational Program Database

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

The Lutheran Home offers NAYCE-accredited childcare, adult day services, dementia-specific memory care, and skilled nursing. The Lutheran Home's intergenerational program highlights the importance of creating and nurturing a community that loves, supports, and guides each other through play, creativity, and frequent interactions. The older participants, affectionately known as “Grand Friends,” children, and staff play and learn together, which builds meaningful relationships that enrich our lives and our community. The Lutheran Home community is known for consistently engaging participants, both young and old, to express themselves artistically, join in creative collaboration, and form new friendships across generations. Keyword: Shared Site

Serves individuals and families of ages with disabilities.

This program recruits, trains, and coordinates undergraduate students to facilitate creative storytelling sessions with elders with cognitive disabilities in care communities affiliated with the Creative Trusts in Milwaukee. Students commit to a semester of storytelling but commonly continue for the full year. At year’s end, the stories are shared publicly to inspire others to use creative engagement to nurture relationships with people with cognitive disabilities. TimeSlips is used in service-learning around the country, but the Creative Trusts offers stable, shared governance of the program that is a national model for collaboration in this important area of need.

The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities has launched a network-wide intergenerational initiative, Second Acts for Strong Communities, in partnership with Encore.org, to strengthen the ability of human-serving organizations to meet the needs of our nation’s children and youth. This initiative will provide opportunities for experienced adults, age 50 years and older, to use their unique skills, experiences, and wisdom to improve outcomes for children/youth and strengthen the organizations that serve them. We believe that bringing generations together in community-based programs and the workplace will inspire new solutions, improve outcomes for youth, and fuel a new approach for promoting social change. Keyword: Shared Site