Intergenerational Program Database

Works with students on social action issues tying them back to their community. Recently began to include the older adult population through several projects, including the Bio Legacy Project, The Garden Legacy Project, Generation Connection, and The Alzheimer's Music Project(AMP).

Our program offers 2 weekly support groups and children's programs for grandparents and/or kinship caregivers raising children. We use the Circle of Parents model for our groups, provide area resource information, provide referrals to area services, advocate for our families, and utilize current data and best practices to provide the protective factors to families. Our meetings are held in Burke County, NC and are open to any family raising children through kinship care.

This unique program allows interaction between preschool children and older adults.

Child development center built within the walls of St. John's nursing home. The center cares for nearly 120 children ages infant to 12. This offers a powerful, intergenerational experience for both the children and the elders living on campus. Keyword: Shared Site

OASIS Tutoring is an in-school, curriculum-based literacy program that pairs older adult volunteer tutors with children in grades K-3 who have been identified as academically at risk because they are reading below grade level. New tutors complete 12 hours of training in the OASIS approach to literacy. Children are selected by their teachers and are paired with OASIS tutors. The tutor training and OASIS session plans are designed to align with state learning standards. Tutors work one-on-one with students, making a commitment to work with a child at least once a week for a full school year. The tutor reads quality literature with the child, writes the child’s thoughts in an OASIS journal, the student reads his/her journal entries, and they practice skill-building activities such as letter or word recognition and vocabulary exploration. OASIS tutors offer the one-on-one support that classroom teachers would like to provide to individual students – but they don’t have time for during the school day. In this literacy-based mentoring program, one-on-one OASIS tutoring sessions with a caring older adult also build confidence and self-esteem, forming the foundation for a better attitude toward reading and language arts and improved academic performance.

This program was established in 1978 between our city and the city of Higashimurayama. The mission is to promote friendship and understanding of cultures through citizen diplomacy. Students will come to put on a musical presentation and visit with our seniors at the Palmer Center.

Communities for All Ages is a broader community change initiative that seeks to use collaborative, intergenerational strategies to create communities that are good for growing up and growing old. Communities for All Ages in Itta Bena is facilitating programs that get the whole community involved to improve health. Programs include multigenerational physical exercise classes, a community garden, and a walking club.

Blue Springs Freshman Literature and Composition Students team-up with Blue Sprinsgt area Senior Adults for an Annual Mini- Memoir Project. The Students , with the guidance of their teachers, learn to develop skills by interviewingparticipating Senior Adults. The information is recored on paper and developed into a keep-sake short biography/memior. Seniors Adults are bused to the School

The Landis Child Development Center is an integral part of Foxwood Springs Retirement Community. The LCDC is licensed to serve 99 children ranging in age from six weeks to age 12. This intergenerational program allows the residents of Foxwood Springs and the children to bond throughout the week by actively participating in a variety of mutually shared experiences. Keyword: Shared Site

The Lexington 4-Life Center is an intergenerational Center, it caters to both young and mature audiences. Simply stated, the Lexington 4-Life Center offers something for everyone. The center houses the Margaret Gray Senior Center, Ali’s Place (Lexington R-V School District’s Early Childhood Center), Lexington R-V Early Childhood vocational program and Rodgers-Lafayette Dental and Health