Intergenerational Program Database

Children (0 – 3), together with an adult caregiver, will be a part of the intergenerational village.

Often, some of our AmeriCorps members are under the age of 25. They provide support to older and disabled adults through direct service projects and collaborative efforts with schools, churches, etc. There are several instances of local schools in our area providing support to senior centers and senior meal programs. Support includes assistance with dining room and kitchen chores and musical performances. Additionally, a young person in the home schooled community helps deliver meals on wheels.

Volunteers help elders with seasonal tasks such as raking leaves, cleaning out gutters, mowing lawns, etc. Benefits include the opportunity to exercise and spend time outdoors, in addition to enjoying a relationship that is rewarding to both you and your new friend. Additional benefits include seeing the difference you make in someone's life, contributing to the greater good of your community, obtaining experience working with seniors, and receiving ongoing support and recognition from CVAA staff. Seniors reside in Chittenden, Addison, Franklin and Grand Isle counties.

Josie's Learning Center serves infants, toddlers, and school age children from our community. The Learning Center provides a wide range of child care services ranging from infant day care, preschool learning, after school care, and ECEAP Preschool. The Learning Center program is integrated throughout our building with four designated classroom spaces and shared dining room, dayroom, and activity areas. The children learn important lessons from residents in assisted living, transitional care and long term care, while at the same time, enriching and energizing the life of our home. Keyword: Shared Site

Children and residents of assisted living and long-term care facility interact

CRISTA Senior Living (CSL) and Kings Schools is located on the same campus. The Shoreline campus of CRISTA Senior Living consists of close to 600 residents from independent housing to nursing care. Kings Schools consist of over 1,100 students from preschool through High School. Throughout the school year and summer students and residents are actively engaged in several scheduled and spontaneous intergenerational activities.

Our approach to early childhood education employs an interconnected web of educational practices grounded in the innate curiosity, competence, and enthusiasm children have for learning. Accompanied by their teacher, children participate in planned and spontaneous activities throughout the campus with Bayview residents. Through these daily interactions, the children and the residents create meaningful connections between generations, which helps to foster positive attitudes and understanding towards both seniors and people with disabilities. As children interact on a daily basis with their extended family of “grandmas and the grandpas,” they bring joy and receive genuine appreciation in return. Keyword: Shared Site

A group of 5 - 7 individuals from the community, each in a different decade of life, create and perform an original theatre performance based on the life stories of its cast members. The Company performs 4 different performances each season. The Intergenerational Theatre Company productions tour to local venues, bringing the performance to an intergenerational audience of over 700 people.

Create memories to last a lifetime during this unique intergenerational program for grandparents and grandchildren ages 7-14. 

Shared Site program with 120 children and 400+ elders living in a long term care facility Keyword: Shared Site