Intergenerational Program Database

Broadreach partners with the PAWS Animal Shelter and Quarry Hill retirement facility to deliver the Pet A Pet program.  Our teens and shelter cats and dogs make weekly visits to elders in an assisted living facility. This project benefits teens as they experience responsibility, commitment and compassion; it provides the elders with warmth and companionship of young people and animals; and it benefits the animals by increasing their socialization - thus their ability to be adopted.

Do you want kids in your community to eat better and exercise more? Consider volunteering for OASIS CATCH Healthy Habits, an after-school program that connects adults age 50+ with kids in grades K-5 to learn about good eating habits and play active games. The program combats obesity by engaging adults age 50+ as mentors to teach healthy lifelong habits to kids in grades K-5. It’s a fun way to be healthy yourself while you help kids learn good eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime. No experience needed, just your enthusiasm and interest in helping kids. Training and materials are provided.

teens are helping senior citizens learn how to use computers. Volunteers to connect adults ages 55 and up to teens, through technology.

Birthright 2016” is a captivating evening of live intergenerational performances by Washington D.C.’s most talented African dance and drumming ensemble and special invited guests.

A collection of stories that are lessons on life that can be shared with others - youth filled with energy and a seemingly unending future - adults filled with experience and a future coming to an end. Themes for the stories are based on resiliency research which tells us that individuals and families can develop protective and recovery factors that get them through the challenges of life. The goal is to build resilience capacity through intergenerational storytelling, foster the development of important life skills, encourage community involvement and help teens make a difference in the lives of other people and promote interaction between teens and older adults.

Intergenerational Community Prom--to bridge the gap between the youth and seniors of the Park Heights Community in a fun filled way

Autumn Leaves is an innovative arts project bringing those younger than 50 together with those 50 or older in reflection and celebration of their paths.

CATCH brings children and adults age 50+ together to learn good eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime. The program combats obesity by engaging adults age 50+ as mentors to teach healthy lifelong habits to kids in grades K-5. Adults in the program benefit in several ways. Research shows that volunteers have lower rates of depression and mortality and greater functional ability than those who do not volunteer. As they promote healthy habits for kids and for themselves, they also experience the rewards of meaningful community service.

Makeover Madness brings older adults from adult day care centers for a day of pampering by cosmetology students. Volunteers manage the program by coordinating with cosmetology teachers and adult day care staff, organizing the appointments, and engaging with the older adults while they wait for their service.

Project SHARE is a program to enrich the lives of health-impaired seniors in adult day care centers and assisted living facilities. Project SHARE (Students Help And Reach Elders) brings children from pre-k through high school to the facilities to enjoy games, craft projects, music and dance programs with the residents. Makeover Madness, a special program of Project SHARE, brings adults from senior facilities to the Thomas Edison High School of Technology for cosmetic services and friendly conversation with the students.