Intergenerational Program Database

On this day, many youth groups from various congregations get together to make minor repairs, do yard work and paint seniors' homes. They may also plant flowers or do gardening crafts or cleaning. To help those in assisted living facilities, teens go and play games, read, and do light housekeeping. A barbecue is held at the end of the day for seniors in the area. http://suite101.com/article/interfaith-hosts-sos-serving-our-seniors-day-a95691

Students from Southwestern University bring baskets of produce to seniors enjoying a free lunch at the Mafella Hilliard Neighborhood Center. About 80% of the produce from the garden goes to seniors.

Here at the Farmers Branch Senior Center, we bring seniors and children together in a weekly summer program where both groups teach each other what they know best and learn valuable information that helps make their life better. The teens are available weekly to teach seniors how to use their cell phones, computers, digital cameras, and Kindles, while at the same time, the teens can learn cooking, crochet, sewing, yoga, line dancing, cards, and dominoes. In the past, both groups have competed in a Wii bowling tournament, too. Senior volunteers taught all of the classes for the teens, and the teens came over during their summer youth camp each week. There was no expense, and all time was donated.

Friends for Life's Meyer Family Intergenerational Center has an outdoor area that has a playground for children, rocking chairs on a porch for seniors, and wheel chair swings. We have a library with large print books for seniors to read to children and children's books for children to read to seniors. We have a computer lab where children can teach seniors about computers, and we are creating a music room where older adults and children can learn and create music together.

The Yad B’Yad Intergenerational Program at Heintz Preschool is designed to bring preschool children together with senior citizens to work together on themed projects including holiday celebrations

Art classes are taught in assisted living facilities to children and seniors. Each class is taught by a professional art instructor and lasts about 90 minutes. Topics range from crafts to fine arts. Average youth age is 9 and senior age is 90!

During our bear building events youth and seniors make stuffed animals that are then donated to children in the local children's shelters. We make several hundred bears each year and most bear building events are held in assisted and skilled nursing facilities.

You can change a life by providing the individual attention that helps children build confidence and success. Opportunities are available in 4 San Antonio area 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.

The Adopt a Grandparent Program pairs high school students with "grandparents" at Sunshine Terrace Assisted Living. The students visit their grandparents at least once a month. They participate in various activities including teaching technology skills, playing games , talking and getting to know each other.

Grandfamilies is a support, counseling and advocacy service for family members who are raising a relative’s child. Over 4.5 million children in the United States are living in homes headed by relatives; over 82,000 of them are in Utah. Many of these families have a head of household that is a grandparent.