Intergenerational Program Database

The East Providence Reads Program is designed to enhance the literacy skills of young children of East Providence. Volunteers from RSVP provide their time and skills to help young readers in elementary schools achieve and improve reading scores. This once a week commitment runs from September until June.

Intergenerational program unites school-age children with residents residing in Nursing Homes throughout Rhode Island, the program operates during the school year students visit nursing homes and participate in planned social activities and provide a link to the outside communities Keyword: Shared Site

RSVP matches volunteers ages 55+ with over 80 non-profit organizations in Cranston in need of help from their community. Volunteers are placed according to their skills, life experiences, and interests. One volunteer program includes reading to children in elementary schools.

This is a shared site with adult day care and child day care. The program gives seniors and children the opportunity to build valuable bridges of friendship, acceptance, and respect. These golden bridges are nurtured through weekly scheduled activities while both adults and children reap the rewards of experiencing life together. Activities include exercise programs, arts and crafts, educational discussions, current events, games, modified sports, cards, movies, memory stimulation activities, field trips, music, spiritual time, and various special activities coordinated with community agencies.

Generations Connected is Community Care of Rutherford County’s on site Daycare and Preschool program. We offer services to the community at large, employee’s children and resident family members. Generations Connected fosters interactions between residents of CCRC and our children, developing a bond between generations. The residents and children come together on a regular basis for intergenerational activities. Keyword: Shared Site

Serves individuals and families of ages with disabilities.

Sharing is the keynote of our mentoring program with 6th grade students. Over an eight-month time period the students and Center in the Park members become partners through exchange of personal experiences, social history, family folklore and origins, blended with goals and ambitions. We meet for this rewarding experience once each month. Keyword: Shared Site

S.A.G.E. matches community members, aged 55 and better, with exciting volunteer opportunities within their local school districts – weekly positions, one-time events and specialized extracurricular activities. Through these educational collaborations, S.A.G.E helps to bridge the generation gap and which provides both seniors and students new perspectives, building cohesive and stronger communities. Keyword: Shared Site

Music therapy is utilized to further enhance the lives of residents by fostering meaningful relationships with the youth in the community. Group members write songs, make music, play games and create artwork together.

A community based program based on a simple, age-old process - people learning from one another through the oral tradition. Over the past two years, Saturday Light Brigade convened groups of African American male students in Homewood, Hazelwood and the Hill District (Summer 2012) and McKeesport, Northside and Hilltop (Summer 2013). While learning about digital audio recording, each group also spent time discussing attributes of male role models and identifying African American men with a connection to their community that could be interviewed. With support as needed, students then arranged, conducted and edited these interviews. The results were published in Homewood Voices, Hazelwood Voices, Hill District Voices, McKeesport Voices, Northside Voices and Hilltop Voices, each a full-color book (with CD) with 1,000 copies distributed throughout the community. Community celebrations were held in each community as well as at the August Wilson Center which time StoryBox units were presented and installed to allow the general public to hear interviews and student reflections.