Intergenerational Program Database

Generations United collects and shares information on intergenerational programs across the United States. We currently have a program in every state with over 800 programs in the database. You can search programs below by keywords or state.

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  1. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Boston
    The mission of CitySites is to build connections across the generations through regular and ongoing social engagement between older and younger program participants. CitySites offers weekly intergenerational events in senior housing and senior centers throughout Boston. Service-learning and community-engagement college students are matched with sites where they organize and host activities, which are directed by older and younger participants. CitySites activities include language exchanges/ESL assistance, Tech Cafes, creative writing, story shares, games, adult coloring, and arts and crafts. Our intergenerational programs are multicultural and frequently multilingual. In bringing older and younger people together, we strengthen the social connections of program participants as well as the larger community by building bridges across generational, educational, cultural, economic, and linguistic differences. Keyword: Program of Distinction
    • CitySites
    • 2 Park Plaza, Suite 314, Boston, MA, 02116
    • Cynthia Wilkerson
    • 617-524-8882
    • cwilkerson.bos[at]littlebrothers.org
  2. Intergenerational Programs & Spaces Salmon Centers for Early Education
    Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site
    • Salmon Center for Early Education at Northridge
    • 85 Beaumont Dr, Northridge , MA, 01534
    • Lori Hansen
    • (508) 234-8009
    • lhanson[at]salmonhealth.com
  3. Intergenerational Programs & Spaces Salmon Centers for Early Education
    Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site
    • Salmon Center for Early Education at Natick
    • 3 Vision Dr, Route 9W, Natick, MA, 01760
    • Shirley Sherman
    • (508) 651-9306
    • ssherman[at]salmonhealth.com
  4. Sweet Readers, Inc.
    Our intergenerational programs pair middle school students ages 11-14 and adults in an intimate group setting in school classrooms, eldercare centers and museums. The programs meet weekly and over the course of six weeks, participants together explore and create art, music, poetry and/or movement as they discover each other. Sessions are led by a trained facilitator with a customized Sweet Readers curriculum. Our programs foster a warm, inclusive feeling of community during which everyone has a vital purpose.
    • 31 Heath Street #2, Brookline, MA, 02445
    • Karen Young
    • 917-828-2970
    • karen[at]sweetreaders.org
    • 128 Long Pond Drive, Harwich, MA, 02645
    • Dr. Donna S. Bender
    • 508 954 8407
    • dbender417[at]yahoo.com
    • 70 Capitol St, Watertown, MA, 02472
    • Joanne Hammil
    • 617-851-9098
    • joanne[at]joannehammil.com
  5. Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell
    A program for our members to visit and engage seniors in interactive activities and games that encourage dialogue, movement and the expanding of perspectives. For example, girls will read stories to seniors, create holiday-themed projects and engage seniors in drawing comparisons from the past to the present.
    • Grandparent Program
    • 220 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA, 1852
    • Outreach Coordinator
    • 9784586529
    • outreachcoordinator[at]girlsinclowell.org
  6. Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Elder Services Department
    ABCD's Elder Services Department manages and administrates intergenerational programs, including a Foster Grandparent Program, and senior services to help empower older citizens to prevent illness and disability and maintain optimum well-being. Keyword: Shared Site
    • Foster Grandparent Program
    • 19 Temple Place, Boston, MA,
    • Nicci Meadow
    • 617-348-6340
    • nicci.meadow[at]bostonabcd.org
  7. Action for Boston Community Development
    The ABCD AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program matches low-income older adults, ages 55+, with children in schools, after school programs, Head Start centers, preschool, and day care centers to support children with special and exceptional needs. Foster grandparents serve for at least 15 hours per week in classrooms while earning a non taxable stipend and, for those eligible, meal & travel reimbursement. Foster grandparents provide extra care, attention and create meaningful relationships with children in order to improve their physical, mental, emotional and social development so they may grow to reach their maximum potential and become as independent as possible.
    • AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program
    • 178 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02111
    • Makieya Kamara
    • 617-348-6784
    • webmaster[at]bostonabcd.org
  8. Danvers High School
    On Valentines Day the Senior Class of Danver's High School served breakfast for Danver's senior citizens in the cafeteria. Along with Breakfast, the senior class also provided musical selections. http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/photos/x2082695508/SEEN-ON-SCENE-Seniors-Serving-Seniors-at-Danvers-High
    • 60 Cabot Rd, Danvers, MA,
    • 9787778925
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