Intergenerational Program Database

The Willow Glen Community Center is a welcoming, positive place providing a wide variety of quality services and programs for people of all ages and abilities aimed at building community through fun. We offer a number of programs and events such as, but not limited to; San José Recreation Preschool, leisure, health and wellness classes, youth summer camps, and R.O.C.K After School program. In addition, we offer a weekday lunch program and classes for older adults over the age of 60 and those who are disabled. We also host a number of special events throughout the year such as Neighbor Nights, and cultural and holiday celebrations. Keyword: Shared Site

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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 practices 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.

Our program shares a building with a Head Start program that serves around 78 children. Throughout the year they come over and do projects with our seniors. We also have middle school and high school children to do service hours for their graduation requirements and they work directly with the seniors that attend our Adult Day Program. We have school-age children that work for us on a summer youth program to help their low-income families. Our program is the center of many generations and we are proud to say that our seniors of our rural community and also our youth benefit from coming together and learning lessons to take with them as they become important citizens of our country.

Through our APPLE (Adults Providing Positive Learning Experiences) Program, we place adult volunteer mentors in elementary classrooms and Head Start programs throughout the Santa Maria Valley, Lompoc and San Luis Obispo County. Volunteers spend a few hours each week in the classroom mentoring students and helping them with reading and math skills.

For many years, On Lok has worked in partnership with San Francisco schools (both public and private): pre-schools, elementary, junior high & high schools, and with both general and special education classes. We provide a diverse mixture of opportunities for old and young in our community to come together, learn from each other and build genuine friendships. Every On Lok center includes intergenerational activities in the lives of its elderly clients.

Trained volunteers help students raise writing proficiency, develop critical thinking and build academic confidence. "WriterCoach Connection works. Student writing achievement goes up, teachers get much-needed relief with the extra individual attention to students, and community members bond with their schools. Everyone wins...."

Professional writers teach high school students how to interview and write 3-4,000 word memoirs of over 55 members of the community ("Memoir Stars"). Mentors meets with students to revise drafts, The club publishes the memoirs and awards scholarships to the top four as determined by judges. Students go on to college as published writers. Let It Be Recorded and All Our Yesterdays are available for sale on Amazon.com. Keyword: Shared Site

Volunteers tutoring elementary school children in reading, 1-2 times a week.

GAP offers a wealth of programs that include direct services, information dissemination, and referrals and linkages to support kinship families. GAP’s direct services focus on four main areas: 1) Mental Health Services, 2) Safety-Net Services, 3) Education and Child-Focused Advocacy, and 4) Navigation. These programs give kinship families access to emergency funds, food and clothing, emotional support, counseling, mentoring, and tools to work with schools and government agencies. Also included are peer engagement opportunities, nutritional assistance with CalFresh screening and enrollment, and a warm-line for immediate referrals. In 2009, GAP established a partnership with the Child Welfare Initiative, Children’s Law Center and Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park to create the Caregiver Center, which provides navigation assistance, support, and referrals for all kinship families involved with the court and child welfare system through Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). In addition, GAP provides advocacy on behalf of families with DCFS and other county agencies, schools, doctors, and courts. GAP works with partner agencies to link kinship families with available resources to meet immediate and basic needs. All services are offered free-of-charge.