Intergenerational Program Database

The Marvin is a national model for providing affordable housing and services for seniors, a nationally accredited child care program and a unique intergenerational program. Keyword: Shared Site

Every week in every region, buildOn youth service program members contribute hundreds of service hours, whether in small, intimate groups or larger region-wide events that attract hundreds of dedicated teens. Our students re-discover their neighborhoods through projects like these: -Tutoring elementary school students -Volunteering at senior centers -Serving meals at soup kitchens and homeless shelters -Renovating community centers -Environmental restoration and clean-up projects . One of buildOn’s most popular service projects in Chicago is spending time with seniors; a group of teens from Theodore Roosevelt High School spend half a day bonding with seniors at the Northeast Levy Senior Center in Lincoln Square on the Saturday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day. BuildOn teens helped plan a morning of games, arts and crafts, performances inspired by Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech,” and chose music for a fun dance contest.

This program began in 2012 when students from Central Connecticut State University involved in an adult development and aging course partnered with seniors at the Orchards. The students and the seniors participate in small group activities including discussions and exercises.

In this annual event students from Washington Middle School and Lincoln Middle school join seniors at Meriden Senior Center for a spelling bee. Unlike a traditional spelling bee, in this event students and seniors team up together to decide how to correctly spell words. The winner is determined using a point system rather than elimination.

The Foster Grandparent Program places low income, older adults as tutors and mentors to special needs children in preschools, Head Start Centers, public schools, after school programs like Boys and Girls Clubs, and juvenile detention centers. The mission of the program is to empower older adults, to promote healthy aging and economic self-sufficiency for low income older adults while tutoring and mentoring special needs children to enhance their physical, mental, emotional and social development. Program operates in Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, Sonoma and Del Norte counties.

Through our APPLE (Adults Providing Positive Learning Experiences) Program, we place adult volunteer mentors in elementary classrooms and Head Start programs throughout the Santa Maria Valley, Lompoc and San Luis Obispo County. Volunteers spend a few hours each week in the classroom mentoring students and helping them with reading and math skills.

For many years, On Lok has worked in partnership with San Francisco schools (both public and private): pre-schools, elementary, junior high & high schools, and with both general and special education classes. We provide a diverse mixture of opportunities for old and young in our community to come together, learn from each other and build genuine friendships. Every On Lok center includes intergenerational activities in the lives of its elderly clients.

Trained volunteers help students raise writing proficiency, develop critical thinking and build academic confidence. "WriterCoach Connection works. Student writing achievement goes up, teachers get much-needed relief with the extra individual attention to students, and community members bond with their schools. Everyone wins...."

Professional writers teach high school students how to interview and write 3-4,000 word memoirs of over 55 members of the community ("Memoir Stars"). Mentors meets with students to revise drafts, The club publishes the memoirs and awards scholarships to the top four as determined by judges. Students go on to college as published writers. Let It Be Recorded and All Our Yesterdays are available for sale on Amazon.com. Keyword: Shared Site

Volunteers tutoring elementary school children in reading, 1-2 times a week.