Intergenerational Program Database

The New Britain Senior TRIAD will holds an annual Intergenerational Senior Prom at the high school cafeteria. Senior citizens and students dance to a live band. There are prizes, a magician and the crowning of the king and queen, along with dinner, appetizers, dessert, and coffee. Tickets are $5 and are available at the senior center.

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.

CATCH brings children and adults age 50+ together to learn good eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime. The program combats obesity by engaging adults age 50+ as mentors to teach healthy lifelong habits to kids in grades K-5. Adults in the program benefit in several ways. Research shows that volunteers have lower rates of depression and mortality and greater functional ability than those who do not volunteer. As they promote healthy habits for kids and for themselves, they also experience the rewards of meaningful community service.

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.

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.

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.

You can change a life by providing the individual attention that helps children build confidence and success. Opportunities are available in 10 San Diego County school districts 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.

In the Five & Fit program, which is based on a model from Temple University, older adults (age 55+) guide young pre-schoolers (ages 2 - 5) and their families toward improved nutrition and enhanced physical activity. Activities include gardening, tasting fruits and vegetables, and fun nutritional education. The mission of the program is to prevent childhood obesity and to promote healthy, active, life-long behaviors. The program is a collaboration between Aging & Independence Services (the County of San Diego's Area Agency on Aging) and the Cuyamaca College Child Development Center.

Low-income seniors mentoring children in schools, focusing on those with special or exceptional needs.

Active older adults (age 50+) are teamed with youth (typically elementary-school age) for a half-day of fun educational and physical activities. The mission of the Games is to increase mutual understanding and respect between generations and to promote healthy, active, life-long behaviors. Intergenerational Games events occur in several locations throughout the county.