Intergenerational Program Database

Intergenerational Mentoring Program for African American Males is a project that aims to provide male role models, mentoring, and cultural experience to young African American men in the Uniontown area with a focus on the East End community. The project pairs young men, 12-15 years of age with older African American men who are participating in the East End Senior Citizens Group and East End Concerned Citizen.

This community center houses a senior center and a head start program. Every other Friday during the "Grandma Goose" program seniors read stories with the children.

Family and Friends at Dock Woods provides a hands-on Montessori based program for children ages 6 weeks – 5 years that benefits the whole child. By developing a diverse and engaged community we will nurture each child’s uniqueness and it as a guide to cultivate a community of lifelong learners with confidence, respect and an appreciation of the natural world. Keyword: Shared Site

Families Turning® is committed to strengthening families one person at a time by providing practical skills and transformative ideas that strengthen relationships between the adult members of families. These skills and ideas can be used in any relationship and when we take the time and energy to understand and change family relationships, the effects translate into all relationships. We provide workshops for the public, training for caring professional's (CEUs provided) and direct counseling for Adults- individual, couple or family. We use a workbook, activities and a book is currently in production. One person relating in a new positive way can be an effective change agent in their family. By engaging the Families Turning Relational Elements while being armed with skills to make conversations more productive, this will start a hopeful ripple of change that unclogs repetitive and unproductive patterns. Professionals need techniques to quickly assist, equip and engage the populations that we serve. Families Turning highlights and makes accessible the best of past and present day therapeutic modalities- including building emotional intelligence and engaging the pre-frontal cortex. Nancy Wood, LSW, BSN from Families Turning is available as a speaker for your leadership team, staff and clientele.

While they do not have formal programs, this retirement community has frequent young visitors and allows a Girls on the Run team to practice on the campus

Mentees and mentors from the mentoring program and Allegheny College go to the Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community to assist residents in the dining room and interact with residents by finding out their life stories. The goal of the project was to interview the residents about their life stories using research based questions.

This program provides an opportunity for middle and high school students, in grades 7 through 12, to assist older adults in completing routine light-duty household chores, yard work, mowing lawns and shoveling snow. The goal of the Rent-A-Kid program is not only to get an important job done, but also to foster friendships between older adults and youth.

Foxdale Village, a Quaker-directed continuing care retirement community, is located on the property adjacent to the Friends School. This close proximity has made possible many intergenerational activities in both communities. Foxdale residents participate at the school by tutoring in math and reading, doing library work, and attending the weekly Meeting for Worship. The school has utilized Foxdale's auditorium for school play productions and has entertained residents with School Peace Choir performances and Halloween parades.

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.