Intergenerational Program Database

Called Project C.A.R.E., this student-run senior center is for adults 55 and older in the community. The program was founded in 1995 to provide local older adults with a place to meet. Currently, older adults visit the high school throughout the school year (3 days a week) for crafts, lunch with the students, movies, games, and camaraderie. The intergenerational program has been a success with teens and elders. Keyword: Shared Site

The USD 445 School Board and Windsor Place partnered to get an all-day kindergarten classroom built right in the middle of Windsor Place. The elders each day gather around in anticipation of the children’s arrival. The children arrive with smiles, eager to expand their education Keyword: Shared Site

The building that houses the child care center is connected to the Assisted Living area of Schowalter Villa through a corridor named “Main Street. ” Each week every class takes a small group of their children to do activities with their particular residents at the Villa. We have eight seniors who come on a regular basis each week and help in the classroom as teacher aides. Many special events are planned to include children, college students from Hesston College and residents from Schowalter Villa. On occasion residents are brought to the children’s rooms to visit and children visit residents in their rooms. Keyword: Shared Site

The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics recently started an intergenerational mentoring program with members of the Friends of the Dole Institute and the Dole Institute’s Student Advisory Board. The Friends of the Dole Institute is an annual giving program made up mostly of retirees in the Lawrence, Kansas community. Members of the Student Advisory Board are undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Kansas interested in public service and civic engagement. Mentors and mentees were matched based on their interests and met at three facilitated meetings throughout the semester, as well as on their own.

Children from a local Boys & Girls Club visit with residents at Mennonite Friendship Communities to garden together.

Shepherd’s Flock has a unique intergenerational program. Children and Lutheran Home residents (the children refer to residents as “grandmas” and “grandpas”) participate in a variety of planned, on-site activities such as art, music, stories, and games. In the chapel of the Lutheran Home, special events are held for children and their grandmas and grandpas to enjoy together, such as the annual Easter Egg Hunt, a 4th of July parade, and a Christmas program. Keyword: Shared Site

Maple Lawn's vision for beginning a children's center with an intergenerational program is a life enrichment experience for both the young and old. Each age group at Noah's Ark (child care center) interacts with seniors living throughout the Maple Lawn community. Planned activities along with impromptu visits foster relationships of unconditional love and acceptance.

The nationally prominent Condell Day Center for Intergenerational Care, located at the Condell Medical Center provides all-day care for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old, (Child Day Care), Adult (Adult Day Services) and adults over 18 years old in need of outpatient rehab services. Along with the benefit of high-quality care, this unique center also offers the unequaled benefits of interaction between adults and children, creating an environment in which children and adults can form relationships by learning and sharing together on a daily basis.

Local colleges and school systems partner to provide services on site.