Intergenerational Program Database

Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site

Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site

Our intergenerational programs pair middle school students ages 11-14 and adults in an intimate group setting in school classrooms, eldercare centers and museums. The programs meet weekly and over the course of six weeks, participants together explore and create art, music, poetry and/or movement as they discover each other. Sessions are led by a trained facilitator with a customized Sweet Readers curriculum. Our programs foster a warm, inclusive feeling of community during which everyone has a vital purpose.

On Valentines Day the Senior Class of Danver's High School served breakfast for Danver's senior citizens in the cafeteria. Along with Breakfast, the senior class also provided musical selections. http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/photos/x2082695508/SEEN-ON-SCENE-Seniors-Serving-Seniors-at-Danvers-High

For the past couple of years, the Dartmouth High School National Honor Society has been hosting the Sweetheart Dance at the Council on Aging. This event gives high school seniors the ability to interact with older adults in the community. The Honor Society students provide the decorations, the food, the DJ, and the entertainment. During the event, the older adults have a chance to grab some food and dessert and enjoy the dance floor.

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts serves more than 108,000 individuals facing food insecurity, 33 percent of whom are children under the age of 18. Not eating enough healthy foods can have devastating effects on a child’s health, growth and development—both physical and mental. Intergenerational Community Meals is a healthy cooking workshop series targeted at families with members of all ages. The workshops cover topics related to nutrition, healthy eating habits, cooking at home, shopping on a budget, and physical activity. During each class, a meal is prepared, and everyone is involved in its preparation. At the end of each class, participating families get to take home a bag of groceries so they can replicate the recipe at home.

Members of Grace Church, students from Garden Gate preschool, and residents of Havenside Elderly Housing tend the garden together. Keyword: Shared Site

Started by the Stoughton Youth Commission, there are currently 10 garden plots tended by 10 groups of garden partners (made up of youth, seniors, and family members working together). The idea blossomed when the town decided to place the Stoughton Youth Commission under the same roof at the Stoughton Council on Aging