Intergenerational Program Database

Our students have the unique opportunity to participate in an intergenerational program with our senior neighbors at Sunrise Assisted Living and The Virginian Retirement Community. Students of all ages, infants through 6th Graders, have a chance to learn about life experiences from their senior companions. Weekly activities at the homes are both academic and fun. Some of these include: Storytelling, Baking, Sewing, Discussing world governments, and Studying embassies. Keyword: Shared Site

Each month, residents of Warm Hearth are visited by Micah’s Soup for Seniors volunteers. They receive food and a social visit from volunteers from various academic, civic, and religious groups.

The Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) mission is to "Promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages." There is frequent intergenerational contact at this site.

Each month, residents of Warm Hearth are visited by Micah’s Soup for Seniors volunteers. They receive food and a social visit from volunteers from various academic, civic, and religious groups.

In conjunction with our Character Education Program, we have established an Intergenerational Program with various Sunrise Assisted Living Communities in the area. The program gives our children opportunities to share what they are doing in the classroom and what inspires them through the seasons. The children and seniors get together for holidays including Halloween and the winter holidays

Neighbors Growing Together is an Intergenerational Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Adult Day Center. We conduct three group activities each week between three older adults from the Adult Day Center and three young children from the Child Center in an IG studio, built between the two centers. Activities could range from arts and crafts around a table to an activity on the smart board about languages, countries, pictures, etc. The smart board was recently put in to enhance engagement and increase opportunities for activities. Neighbors Growing Together also has a designated camera used to document each activity. Pictures are kept in the computer or hung up in our Intergenerational Studio to enhance reflection, self-confidence, and reminiscence for the participants and used in a newsletter which also influences reminiscence.

Our goal is to maximize each child’s learning potential by stimulating intellectual growth, building self-confidence and developing social skills they’ll carry into adulthood. Our activities encourage language development, creative expression, motor coordination and social and emotional skills. The students engage in intergeneratinal activities. Keyword: Shared Site

Grandfamilies is a support, counseling and advocacy service for family members who are raising a relative’s child. Over 4.5 million children in the United States are living in homes headed by relatives; over 82,000 of them are in Utah. Many of these families have a head of household that is a grandparent.

Utah YOUth Connect is a service organization for students to visit with local senior citizens. They visit several senior citizen centers.

Senior prom has long been a rite of passage for America’s teenagers, a time to celebrate and dance with friends. We recently brought the fun and good times of prom to our residents through a mixer with local students from Viewmont High School. We used the beloved tradition of prom to bridge the generational gap, and unite “seniors” who may not have met otherwise. Everyone in attendance dressed up in their finest and enjoyed chatting, dancing, and tasty refreshments.