Intergenerational Program Database

Works with students on social action issues tying them back to their community. Recently began to include the older adult population through several projects, including the Bio Legacy Project, The Garden Legacy Project, Generation Connection, and The Alzheimer's Music Project(AMP).

High school service learning students and older adults work together in teams deliver meals to homebound older adults

Building Bridges is a community-based intergenerational program to help bring generations together for meaningful interactions and experiences. Education, friendship, and caring are major components. The program evaluation results showed that Building Bridges not only helped young generations practice character traits but also have more positive perceptions of growing old.

Since 2007, Lee's Summit R-7 School District hosts two Senior Citizens’ School Tours in local schools to connect adults to their students and schools. Close to 375 local seniors have participated in the program. The opportunities are provided to seniors two times each school year and are free to participants. The tours for senior citizens are part of the R-7 School District’s Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and were recommended by a community team. This free 2-hour tour includes student-led walking tours, lunch, and an informational presentation.

The Volunteer Intergenerational Center recruits volunteers of ALL ages to strengthen our communities by mobilizing volunteer action and accelerating nonprofit success. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program involves those individuals 55 and over in volunteer service by matching their personal interests and making use of their lifelong skills and experience.

VolunTEEN Nation is a youth-led national non-profit organization with volunteer, intern and scholarship resources for youth, schools, & nonprofit organizations. Teens tutor senior citizens and offer one on one training with digital gadgets and basic Internet skills at local retirement centers, community centers, and nursing homes. The workshops and tutoring is a win-win situation for the teens and senior citizens, teens gain critical workplace skills and the opportunity to interact and learn from older adults. The older adults learned new skills and valued and appreciated their training and interactions with teenagers.

Generation Exchange is an intergenerational storytelling (oral history) project designed to increase social interaction between youth and older adults. Generation Exchange also offers the opportunity to preserve and carry on local history to future generations. Through Generation Exchange, every older adult in the greater Kansas City region will have the opportunity to tell their story. The goal of this project is to create a collection of stories that document memories and experiences related to neighborhood life, historical events, and cultural experiences that shaped the lives of previous generations

The annual Intergenerational Rock Band brings together Drury music therapy students along with older adults to preform a wide range of songs. Older adults come from The Gardens retirement facility and Drury's Institute of Mature Learners.

Do you want kids in your community to eat better and exercise more? Consider volunteering for OASIS CATCH Healthy Habits, an after-school program that connects adults age 50+ with kids in grades K-5 to learn about good eating habits and play active games. The program combats obesity by engaging adults age 50+ as mentors to teach healthy lifelong habits to kids in grades K-5. It’s a fun way to be healthy yourself while you help kids learn good eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime. No experience needed, just your enthusiasm and interest in helping kids. Training and materials are provided.

Launched in 2008, the Northland Foundation’s AGE to age: bringing generations together is designed to strengthen relationships among all ages and offer older adults and young people with opportunities and resources to work together to benefit their communities. To date, the program has been implemented in 13 rural communities including three Indian Reservations. In the fall of 2016, the program is being expanded to three more sites. Each site forms and implements its own action plan that joins the generations in local projects to improve health and well-being across the generations. In 2012, a new component of AGE to age was added to provide summer internships to undergraduate students to enhance their leadership skills, increase their knowledge of intergenerational community-building, and infuse fresh ideas in participating sites. AGE to age: bringing generations together was re-designated as a Program of Distinction by Generations United in 2015.