Intergenerational Program Database

Grandreaders is a literacy program for second grade students who are reading below grade level. The program is designed to improve the students' ability to read more fluently and with better comprehension, all facilitated by caring and nurturing adult volunteers.

Weaving Our Stories, a summer intergenerational program. Children ages 7-15 collaborated with seniors in an apartment complex on art and storytelling. Teaching artists led the program which culminated in an artwork display

Intergenerational Community Prom--to bridge the gap between the youth and seniors of the Park Heights Community in a fun filled way

Birthright 2016” is a captivating evening of live intergenerational performances by Washington D.C.’s most talented African dance and drumming ensemble and special invited guests.

teens are helping senior citizens learn how to use computers. Volunteers to connect adults ages 55 and up to teens, through technology.

You can change a life by providing the individual attention that helps children build confidence and success. Opportunities are available in DC Public Schools, Montgomery County, Prince George County and 18 other U. S. cities. OASIS volunteer tutors are paired with children in grades K-3 who would benefit from a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Tutors are trained to work with kids using a proven approach to literacy that emphasizes reading, talking and writing. They meet with their students at least once a week throughout the school year, providing a caring, supportive environment where reading and language activities, keyed to the child’s interests, spark curiosity and learning.

Members of Grace Church, students from Garden Gate preschool, and residents of Havenside Elderly Housing tend the garden together. Keyword: Shared Site

Started by the Stoughton Youth Commission, there are currently 10 garden plots tended by 10 groups of garden partners (made up of youth, seniors, and family members working together). The idea blossomed when the town decided to place the Stoughton Youth Commission under the same roof at the Stoughton Council on Aging

At Treehouse, children whose lives have been impacted by foster care are being surrounded by people of all ages who care about them and are actively investing in their lives. Designed to support families who are fostering and adopting children from the public foster care system, Treehouse is a caring, multi-generational neighborhood. The community includes twelve family homes with three, four or five bedrooms and 48 one-bedroom cottages designed for seniors. The community has been carefully laid out to insure that families and seniors are interspersed around Treehouse Circle with the Community Center being a central gathering space.

A student organization responding to the profound isolation and social disengagement experienced by people in the intermediate-to-late-stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We build meaningful emotional connections with dementia residents during weekly one-on-one visits