Intergenerational Program Database

Sponsored by Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministires Intergenerational Day Care is a unique program that combines child care and care for adults in the same center. Children and adults participate in exercise together three days a week. Children and seniors share in holiday celebrations.

College students from diverse disciplines and backgrounds tutor older immigrants in English, U.S. history and civics at community centers, religious institutions, adult education classes, and senior residences to help them acquire citizenship and become more actively engaged in their communities. Students participate in SHINE through service learning courses, as volunteers and as interns, and can often receive credits.

Newtown Friends School has shared a rich and diverse intergenerational program with Pennswood Village, an adjacent continuing care retirement community that is home to people ages 65–105. The program fosters relationships between students and residents, actively enriching the life of both communities. Weekly programs include Friday Friends, Wednesday Lunch Brunch, and Classroom Volunteers. Other activities include pool volleyball, Halloween parades, movie discussions and more.

The Children's Corner offers a unique child care experience in that it is located at Moravian Manor Retirement Community. Children participate in intergenerational activities with the residents.

Sponsored by Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Intergenerational Day Care is a unique program that combines child care and care for adults in the same center. Children having "grandparents" at their day care center on a daily basis provides them with a sense of family, security, and companionship. Adults benefit as well; having young children around keeps them active and involved. Together, the children and adults participate in games, crafts, and other activities.

TGG is conducting an intergenerational arts program with the Siletz Tribe, being led by a graduate student at Oregon State University who works with executive director Amy Henderson in implementing a research arts program that pairs the elders of the Siletz Tribe with the youth in teaching the celebrated master basket and weaving methods of the tribe. Also Celebrating Portland–An Intergenerational Collaboration-A new exhibit at Artist Repertory Theatre's Geezer Gallery will examine just how Portland's unique charm manifests itself on the canvases of 13 local artists, ranging from 20-somethings to octogenarians.

You can change a life by providing the individual attention that helps children build confidence and success. Opportunities are available in the Gresham Barlow School District 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. Keyword: Shared Site

Willson House Child Development Center is located on the same campus as Willson House Residential Care Facility and Jason Lee Manor Retirement Facility. Children and seniors will be together singing songs, telling stories, making crafts or participating in annual events like our Tea Party or Carnival. Seniors also frequent our classrooms to say hello, lead projects, or serve as volunteers. No matter what the interaction may be, the young and young at heart will be learning and growing, together.

40+ different educational and civic groups come to participate in programs at retirement living facility

This program began in 2006 as a yearly program where students from Fairmont High School would volunteer at senior centers and senior living facilities. It has now expanded to students volunteering at about 10 facilities, elementary schools and churches. The students plant flowers at the centers, started a community garden they maintain, bake and deliver cookies for older adults who live alone, paint, repair, and participate in after school games. This program has really grown and has half of the graduating class participating in the activities. The "Seniors Helping Seniors" project receives grant money from the Community Foundation for Kettering and Partners for Healthy Youth. The community outreach always occurs the same week the underclassmen at Fairmont High School take Ohio Graduation Tests.