Intergenerational Program Database

This unique program allows interaction between preschool children and older adults.

Child development center built within the walls of St. John's nursing home. The center cares for nearly 120 children ages infant to 12. This offers a powerful, intergenerational experience for both the children and the elders living on campus. Keyword: Shared Site

Communities for All Ages is a broader community change initiative that seeks to use collaborative, intergenerational strategies to create communities that are good for growing up and growing old. Communities for All Ages in Itta Bena is facilitating programs that get the whole community involved to improve health. Programs include multigenerational physical exercise classes, a community garden, and a walking club.

OASIS Tutoring is an in-school, curriculum-based literacy program that pairs older adult volunteer tutors with children in grades K-3 who have been identified as academically at risk because they are reading below grade level. New tutors complete 12 hours of training in the OASIS approach to literacy. Children are selected by their teachers and are paired with OASIS tutors. The tutor training and OASIS session plans are designed to align with state learning standards. Tutors work one-on-one with students, making a commitment to work with a child at least once a week for a full school year. The tutor reads quality literature with the child, writes the child’s thoughts in an OASIS journal, the student reads his/her journal entries, and they practice skill-building activities such as letter or word recognition and vocabulary exploration. OASIS tutors offer the one-on-one support that classroom teachers would like to provide to individual students – but they don’t have time for during the school day. In this literacy-based mentoring program, one-on-one OASIS tutoring sessions with a caring older adult also build confidence and self-esteem, forming the foundation for a better attitude toward reading and language arts and improved academic performance.

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.

Cloquet Age to Age strives to connect the generations through activities, programs and other opportunities in the community. We are focused on creating a community atmosphere of intergeneratonal connections and awareness.

TWo Harbors AGE to age is dedicated to bringing generations together via projects, programs and celebrations! Most importantly, we encourage other local organizations to view their activities through and Intergenerational "lens".

The cornerstone of The Learning Tree Intergenerational Care has taken on a life of its own in providing quality care and resources to children and Seniors with an emphasis on facilitating a structured and consistent curriculum that nurtures the holistic needs of the individual and their families. The primary benefit of Intergenerational Care is the positive effect(s) on the area of cognitive, physical, spiritual, emotional, social and nutritional development of the individual.

The Lexington 4-Life Center is an intergenerational Center, it caters to both young and mature audiences. Simply stated, the Lexington 4-Life Center offers something for everyone. The center houses the Margaret Gray Senior Center, Ali’s Place (Lexington R-V School District’s Early Childhood Center), Lexington R-V Early Childhood vocational program and Rodgers-Lafayette Dental and Health

Blue Springs Freshman Literature and Composition Students team-up with Blue Sprinsgt area Senior Adults for an Annual Mini- Memoir Project. The Students , with the guidance of their teachers, learn to develop skills by interviewingparticipating Senior Adults. The information is recored on paper and developed into a keep-sake short biography/memior. Seniors Adults are bused to the School