Intergenerational Program Database

For 24 years the Livingston Board of Education, Livingston Township Council and Livingston High School Key Club has hosted an intergenerational prom for high school students and seniors.

Parents Anonymous of New Jersey, Father Time, and Bridgeton Municipal Alliance's youth to youth members spent Martin Luther King weekend serving soup to seniors at the Oakview Heights apartments and RiverWalk Senior Apartments. The groups also donated materials for pillows and blankets and distributed them out to the seniors. A news article about our 2012 event: http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2012/01/bridgeton_youth_serve_soup_to.html

RSVP of Monmouth County has two intergenerational programs. Volunteers read to the same small groups of students each week throughout the school year using a read-aloud format that augments the school’s regular reading curriculum. Healthy Buddies partners senior volunteers with students, grades 3-5, to help them develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors needed to maintain and enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

You can change a life by providing the individual attention that helps children build confidence and success. Opportunities are available in Kennetth A. Brett Elementary School and 18 other U. S. cities. OASIS volunteer tutors are paired with children in grades K-3 who would benefit from a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Tutors are trained to work with kids using a proven approach to literacy that emphasizes reading, talking and writing. They meet with their students at least once a week throughout the school year, providing a caring, supportive environment where reading and language activities, keyed to the child’s interests, spark curiosity and learning.

The Child Development Center at Parker Child Development Center(CDC) is committed to providing a high-quality early childhood program, offering a safe and nurturing environment while promoting the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of young children. Residents of Francis E. Parker Memorial Home meet daily with the children for story time, arts and crafts, gardening, reading and visits.

The Friendship Center is an intergenerational child care facility that  incorporates senior citizens from Heath Village, the adjacent retirement community, into its child care programs. Senior volunteers assist the center's professional staff by teaching Bible stories and foreign languages, conducting nature walks, providing musical accompaniment, reading stories, and supervising craft and woodworking projects. Heath Village residents join with the children for special events and holiday celebrations, and pair off with them to be pen pals. Most important, the Heath Village residents who share in the Friendship Center's activities bring their maturity and love of children to help create a warm, caring Christian environment, giving children the feel of a large extended family. Keyword: Shared Site

This two-night, three day camp will be for rising 2nd–8thgraders and their special grandparent(s). Some of the special activities include fun games for all ages, family projects, easy to moderate hiking, fishing, canoeing, and nightly campfire fun!

OLLI participants volunteer in three local schools as tutors, mentors, class assistants and special events helpers.

We are a 5-star rated child care center that provides high quality child care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. We are located adjacent to Cross Road Retirement Community, and we are fortunate to have many interactions with the residents there. We have music classes twice monthly with the children and residents, as well as other activities going on each week at their campus. We also have residents that visit our center and volunteer or participate in activities with us here.

Support Group for kinship caregivers. Childcare supervision provided for children under age 13 as needed during the support group meeting. The meeting is held the second Monday of the month from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. @ DSS located at 3205 Freedom Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208. A lite meal provided 5:30. Special events, celebrations held periodically. Contact Lavern Weathers @980-314-7076 for more information.