Intergenerational Program Database

The Georgetown Independent School District (GISD) leads many intergenerational program efforts. These include: recruiting senior mentors and tutors into the schools; co-sponsoring an annual senior spelling bee; arranging joint performances with the high school and Sun City choirs; inviting veterans to be recognized at school Veterans Day ceremonies; and sending school buses to shuttle the Sun City “Booster Club” to high school ball games.

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.

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.

An on-site child care center where intergenerational programs are held that create stimulating and transforming moments happen between older residents with dementia and young children. Keyword: Shared Site

Senior prom has long been a rite of passage for America’s teenagers, a time to celebrate and dance with friends. We recently brought the fun and good times of prom to our residents through a mixer with local students from Viewmont High School. We used the beloved tradition of prom to bridge the generational gap, and unite “seniors” who may not have met otherwise. Everyone in attendance dressed up in their finest and enjoyed chatting, dancing, and tasty refreshments.

Utah YOUth Connect is a service organization for students to visit with local senior citizens. They visit several senior citizen centers.

Neighbors Growing Together is an Intergenerational Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Adult Day Center. We conduct three group activities each week between three older adults from the Adult Day Center and three young children from the Child Center in an IG studio, built between the two centers. Activities could range from arts and crafts around a table to an activity on the smart board about languages, countries, pictures, etc. The smart board was recently put in to enhance engagement and increase opportunities for activities. Neighbors Growing Together also has a designated camera used to document each activity. Pictures are kept in the computer or hung up in our Intergenerational Studio to enhance reflection, self-confidence, and reminiscence for the participants and used in a newsletter which also influences reminiscence.

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.

Our goal is to maximize each child’s learning potential by stimulating intellectual growth, building self-confidence and developing social skills they’ll carry into adulthood. Our activities encourage language development, creative expression, motor coordination and social and emotional skills. The students engage in intergeneratinal activities. Keyword: Shared Site

The Mission of Generations Crossing is to provide high quality, innovative adult and child day care for our ethnically and economically diverse community. We serve a population from ages six weeks to 99 years old currently. Keyword: Shared Site