Intergenerational Program Database

The DuPont Grandparent Resource Center is a program that assists relative caregivers taking care of other family member's children.

New Life Village is an intergenerational residential community where families seeking permanency for children impacted by foster care or trauma can heal and thrive in a safe and stable environment. The Village is home to approximately 100 people, ranging in age from birth to 90. Our Village works at the intersection of health, housing, child welfare, and aging – areas that have traditionally been treated separately in the social sector. With the community itself serving as the intervention, New Life Village brings children, families, and elders together within an intentional, vibrant community where intergenerational connection is the key to well-being. Seniors living at our Village enjoy their intentional retirement by serving as surrogate grandparents and extended family, tutors, elders, mentors and support to Village parents and children. Keyword: Shared Site

The Learning Center, located at Cypress Palms, is an experiential preschool that offers an engaging and interactive learning environment. Children from eight weeks through five years of age receive quality child care services from a team that is committed to nurture each child in their care. Our intergenerational activities bring mixed age groups together to share experiences, knowledge, and skills that are mutually beneficial and promote positive relationships. This one-of-a-kind learning environment features dedicated teachers, state-of-the-art equipment, a two-story tree house, a tugboat computer lab, and intergenerational experiences. Keyword: Shared Site

Through partnership with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, students 14-18 years old participate in intergenerational programs, discuss the problems associated with aging and become sensitive to the elders’ needs. Activities include an Intergenerational Elder-Youth Visitation and Fun Time, an Annual Intergenerational Picnic and Sports Fest, Elder-Youth Gift Exchange for Christmas, Intergenerational Valentine Dance, Intergenerational Luau and Intergenerational Cultural Program.

A family is a loving, multi-generational, blended unit. Ours certainly is, which is why the Evalyn Sadlier Jones child care and learning facilities on our campus for infants and toddlers to age five are such an important part of who we are and have been for more than 20 years. Here, children learn in a safe, nurturing, educational environment. Rooms are filled with pictures, music, and playthings to stimulate young minds and imaginations. And an added benefit of our child care and learning center is the interaction between the children and Pines’ residents that enriches their lives through storytelling, arts and crafts, and entertainment. It’s a truly meaningful way to increase intergenerational understanding, appreciation and sensitivity. Keyword: Shared Site

The Tri-Lakes Senior Citizen Center is located on the grounds of Lewis-Palmer High School, at 1300 Higby Road. D-38 works in partnership with the center to encourage multigenerational educational opportunities. Keyword: Shared Site

The mission of GrandFriends is to unite two very important segments of our community, our elders and our youth – the wisdom and experiences of our past and the creativity and energy of our future – to improve the academic achievement of our young people. GrandFriends are an integral part of the educational team preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s world. Our retired and senior citizens with their multiple and valuable skills serve as talented mentors to our students. The students benefit not only from the sharing of these skills but also from the relationships they develop with the GrandFriends. Teachers continually praise the addition of GrandFriends to their classrooms. By creating an opportunity for interaction between senior and student, the child is helped, the older citizen feels useful and the community as a whole benefits through students who are better prepared for life’s work and to make positive contributions to society.

Bessie's Hope youth and elders program matches schools and other youth groups with nursing home and assisted living residents. This is a mutually beneficial program where the youth gain self esteem, respect for others, life skills and academic skills. The elders receive companionship, intellectual stimulation and the chance to feel useful.

Through Hoops to Hope is a program in high schools and colleges that connects students with people living with dementia in engaging games of croquet. The program helps reduce the stigma around Alzheimer's Disease and provides a profoundly simple way for intergenerational fun. Students host the croquet event partnering with a local senior community. Keyword: Shared Site

Spellbinders is dedicated to restoring the art of oral storytelling to connect elders to youth, weaving together the wisdom of diverse cultures throughout time. Spellbinders trains individuals, mostly 60 and better, in the art of oral storytelling, and places these individuals as volunteer storytellers in schools. Volunteers return to the same classrooms each month throughout the school year. There are 22 chapters in 6 states.