Intergenerational Program Database

Since 2003, the OSU Alumni Association has welcomed OSU legacies, ages 7 to 13 and their grandparents to campus for a unique intergenerational learning experience at Grandparent University. This three-day summer camp is a fun-filled experience that actively engages kids in academics at OSU while creating memories for grandparents and their grandchildren.

A preschool classroom located on the grounds of an assisted living community. It allows children and residents to interact frequently.

Bridge Meadows is an intentional intergenerational housing community in North Portland. Serving foster youth, adoptive parents, and low­‐income elders, Bridge Meadows cultivates permanence and family resilience through integrated onsite support services and therapeutic interventions. Children move from the instability of foster care placements to permanent homes and families. Adoptive families receive essential guidance and social support. Low‐income elders combat the deleterious health effects of social isolation by volunteering 100 hours/quarter in the community. Together, our three generations of residents transform individual vulnerability into collective strength, creating a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.