Intergenerational Program Database

A program for our members to visit and engage seniors in interactive activities and games that encourage dialogue, movement and the expanding of perspectives. For example, girls will read stories to seniors, create holiday-themed projects and engage seniors in drawing comparisons from the past to the present.

ABCD's Elder Services Department manages and administrates intergenerational programs, including a Foster Grandparent Program, and senior services to help empower older citizens to prevent illness and disability and maintain optimum well-being. Keyword: Shared Site

The ABCD AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program matches low-income older adults, ages 55+, with children in schools, after school programs, Head Start centers, preschool, and day care centers to support children with special and exceptional needs. Foster grandparents serve for at least 15 hours per week in classrooms while earning a non taxable stipend and, for those eligible, meal & travel reimbursement. Foster grandparents provide extra care, attention and create meaningful relationships with children in order to improve their physical, mental, emotional and social development so they may grow to reach their maximum potential and become as independent as possible.

On Valentines Day the Senior Class of Danver's High School served breakfast for Danver's senior citizens in the cafeteria. Along with Breakfast, the senior class also provided musical selections. http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/photos/x2082695508/SEEN-ON-SCENE-Seniors-Serving-Seniors-at-Danvers-High

For the past couple of years, the Dartmouth High School National Honor Society has been hosting the Sweetheart Dance at the Council on Aging. This event gives high school seniors the ability to interact with older adults in the community. The Honor Society students provide the decorations, the food, the DJ, and the entertainment. During the event, the older adults have a chance to grab some food and dessert and enjoy the dance floor.

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts serves more than 108,000 individuals facing food insecurity, 33 percent of whom are children under the age of 18. Not eating enough healthy foods can have devastating effects on a child’s health, growth and development—both physical and mental. Intergenerational Community Meals is a healthy cooking workshop series targeted at families with members of all ages. The workshops cover topics related to nutrition, healthy eating habits, cooking at home, shopping on a budget, and physical activity. During each class, a meal is prepared, and everyone is involved in its preparation. At the end of each class, participating families get to take home a bag of groceries so they can replicate the recipe at home.

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

The Greater Boston Intergenerational Chorus is a non-auditioned group for ages 10-110 (that upper number is just to show that there's no upper limit), we meet for 1 ½ hours on Tuesday evenings, We sing in many styles of music; a very eclectic mix. More than that, we have a great time together. It's a lovely community of people, and it's a bit different from a typical chorus; not quite as demanding or formal as some, yet we reach quite a high level of musicality and artistry.

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.