Stories of National Service
How service brings generations together for the greater good.
Explore how national service bridges generations, strengthens communities, and drives lasting change.
Join the fight to save AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is in jeopardy. Like so many other critical programs and services, AmeriCorps is at risk of being dismantled by DOGE, with programs shuttered and 85% of agency staff now on administrative leave. As a result, nearly 40,000 communities across the nation may...
The Impact of Intergenerational Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCElJjBO8Zo National service in this country is predominantly age-segregated. AmeriCorps largely enrolls young adults, while AmeriCorps Seniors exclusively recruits older ones. As a result, we’re missing big opportunities to pair the...
At ASU, Age-Diverse Teams Work Together to Boost Economic Opportunity
Jill Watts is the Director of Capacity Building Initiatives at the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation. ASU’s Cogenerational Service Academy is one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews...
An Intergenerational Approach to Getting Families Housed in Santa Barbara
Lyiam Galo is the co-director of Generations United for Service, a program of the Northern Santa Barbara County United Way and one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews with all 10 of these innovators bringing...
New Survey Reveals Benefits of Older-Younger Tutoring Teams
For the past year, Ampact, with support from CoGenerate’s Generations Serving Together program, placed cogenerational pairs of AmeriCorps members in elementary schools. The older and younger adults worked side by side to improve students’ reading and math skills. A...
Coalition Releases a Bold, Cogenerational Vision for National Service
CoGenerate is proud to be part of More Perfect, a coalition of national service and bridge-building groups that launched a bold plan today calling for cogenerational national service and volunteering, including a dramatic expansion of opportunities to engage 1 million...
8 Nonprofits Working to Age-Integrate National Service
Our Generations Serving Together grantees are tackling homelessness, mental health, food insecurity, emergency preparedness, social justice and more. And they’re all using cogeneration — bringing older and younger AmeriCorps members and volunteers together to solve...
These Foster Grandparents Are Teaming Up With Young People to Reduce Loneliness and Improve Mental Health
What is your program called, and how does it work? Our program is called Generations Serving Together, Fresno. It is an intergenerational mental wellness team. Older and younger volunteers come together as a team to create lesson plans that focus on emotional...
ASU Lodestar Center Wants Cogenerational Service to Become the Norm
What is your program called, and how does it work? The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation is focused on helping nonprofit leaders and philanthropists in our community realize their highest aspirations and accelerate their social impact....