Intergenerational Program Database

RSVP matches volunteers ages 55+ with over 80 non-profit organizations in Cranston in need of help from their community. Volunteers are placed according to their skills, life experiences, and interests. One volunteer program includes reading to children in elementary schools.

Intergenerational program unites school-age children with residents residing in Nursing Homes throughout Rhode Island, the program operates during the school year students visit nursing homes and participate in planned social activities and provide a link to the outside communities Keyword: Shared Site

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

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.

Generations on Line is dedicated to enhancing communication among generations by promoting Internet access and literacy to elders. Generation to generation is an intergenerational oral history on the PC training program. After school classes of 9 and 10-year old students, under a teacher's supervision ask questions about the past, in four categories: Origins and History; Inventions and Transportation; Sports and Entertainment; and "When you were my age." The responses by seniors are manually filtered each day; the teacher guidelines and categories are based on Fourth grade studies. The children involved with the program to date have been enormously interested. They are guided by a well developed curriculum to first think about older people, discuss their impressions, perceptions, and biases.

The organization upgraded the entire building with WI Fi, resident computers and IPads. The IPAD -ICAN program was initiated by a contribution from a family member to enhance the technology within the organization for residents, family members, visitors, volunteers and activities. The kids from the Day Care Center and other younger volunteers have been teaching residents the use of the IPads -and the use of communication applications - connecting with Family.

The Legacy Project addresses multiple emerging issues that are impacting the Cambodian refugee community. These issues include major health and language disparities among the elders and the education disparities among the youth. The core goal of the program is to bridge the generation gap between refugee Elders and Cambodian-American high school aged youth. Elders share personal photos before, during, and after the war. Youth will hear first-hand accounts of the genocide, life in refugee camps, and the resettlement into inner-city Philadelphia. Youth share their own family photos to continue the story and share struggles youth face today with the elders. Both groups share their war stories and learn about each other’s needs. Past events have included an advocacy trip to Washington DC, the creation of a photo-story exhibition and creation of a cookbook.

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 annual event which began in 1985 brings seniors for The Upper Merion Senior Service Center to Upper Merion Area Middle School to compete in a spelling bee. The day also includes a luncheon in which seniors and students get to know each other.

The Intergenerational Pen Pal Program is a partnership between RSVP of Schuylkill County and several area schools. Students are matched with older adults and exchange letters throughout the year. At the end of the year they meet for a celebration. In addition to working on children's writing skills, the program also focused on building bridges and understanding between generations.