Intergenerational Program Database

High school service learning students and older adults work together in teams deliver meals to homebound older adults

The annual Intergenerational Rock Band brings together Drury music therapy students along with older adults to preform a wide range of songs. Older adults come from The Gardens retirement facility and Drury's Institute of Mature Learners.

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.

This program was established in 1978 between our city and the city of Higashimurayama. The mission is to promote friendship and understanding of cultures through citizen diplomacy. Students will come to put on a musical presentation and visit with our seniors at the Palmer Center.

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.

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

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

Our program offers 2 weekly support groups and children's programs for grandparents and/or kinship caregivers raising children. We use the Circle of Parents model for our groups, provide area resource information, provide referrals to area services, advocate for our families, and utilize current data and best practices to provide the protective factors to families. Our meetings are held in Burke County, NC and are open to any family raising children through kinship care.

Works with students on social action issues tying them back to their community. Recently began to include the older adult population through several projects, including the Bio Legacy Project, The Garden Legacy Project, Generation Connection, and The Alzheimer's Music Project(AMP).

Project F.R.E.S.H. (Food and Relationships for Equitable and Sustainable Health) is an innovative intergenerational program that provides community children and adults with an opportunity to participate in physical activity together and help deliver fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) to homebound seniors within their community. The Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center (IGCC) obtains the produce from their community garden and partnerships with local farms. Project F.R.E.S.H. harvests, packages and delivers the produce with youth, parent, and senior volunteers via walking route to the seniors’ homes. The programs main goals are to 1) improve nutrition in seniors and 2) increase physical activity for youth and adults. Secondary goals include lowering social isolation in homebound seniors in the community, improving child-adult relationships, and promoting community engagement. Outcome measures include: step counts for the youth and adults using pedometers, intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, and weight of delivered produce.