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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....
In Santa Barbara County, AmeriCorps Members of All Ages Are Working To Get More People Housed
What is your program called, and how does it work? Santa Barbara Country AmeriCorps Partnership for Veterans and Homeless works closely with local nonprofits and government agencies that are homeless service providers. Our organization focuses on a few things:...
In Georgia, These AmeriCorps Members Are Building Intergenerational Bonds
What is your program called, and how does it work? Ampact Georgia’s Reading Corps & Math Corps places AmeriCorps members of all ages in schools to serve as tutors. Our staff works with schools to identify students in need of tutorial services, assess those...
Seniors in Service Is Bringing AmeriCorps Members of All Ages Together To Tackle Food Insecurity in Tampa Bay
What is your program called, and how does it work? Seniors in Service is bringing members of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors together to fight food insecurity. They serve together at local pantries that depend on volunteers to provide food for hundreds of families...
LISC Is Developing a New Playbook for Recruiting AmeriCorps Members of All Ages
What is your program called, and how does it work? Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) works to strengthen neighborhoods by providing financing, technical assistance, and capacity building support to our partners. As a vital part of LISC’s capacity-building...
This FEMA-Sponsored Program Is Strengthening Community Resilience While Building Intergenerational Connection
What is your program called, and how does it work? Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE) trains volunteers to help in disasters. BRACE serves as the Escambia County Certifying Agency for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a FEMA-sponsored...
Spark the Change Colorado Brings Generations Together to Fight Food Insecurity and Social Isolation
What is your program called, and how does it work? Listen Learn Act Academy brings together a team of fifth graders and adults aged 55+ to learn about food insecurity and social isolation. They talk to get to know each other, research the issues in their community,...
This College Class is Bringing Generations Together To Reduce Loneliness
Photo caption: Nina Kleinberg (left) and Liya Liang (right). “I think we all experienced some degree of loneliness during the pandemic,” says Liya Liang, a recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “But I had no idea that loneliness can have such a...