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Senior Corps Week – May 7- 11, 2012 – Making a Difference for Generations
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This video shows examples of how Foster Grandparents help children and youth with special needs by serving as mentors, tutors, and caregivers.
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Offering a watershed learning event for elementary school students at a nature center
Developing intergenerational curriculum for a nursing home visit
Dispelling age stereotypes with a senior-senior...
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By Guy (Terry) Kelley, RSVP Project Director, and Stephanie Peteranecz, YVC Director, Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps
WINTER 1997 (archived information - please note the date of publication)
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By Kathy Gibson Carter, Learn and Serve Coordinator, South Carolina Department of Education
WINTER 1997 (archived information - please note the date of publication)
Almost all streams of service in...
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More than fifteen years ago, a high school in a small, coastal Oregon town began a senior project that fostered civic engagement in its students. Set within the context of a community-wide approach...
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A small, coastal Oregon town that has experienced many transitions in employment and lifestyle has come together around community-wide service-learning projects that benefit its citizens. Their...
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With support from Learn and Serve America, RSVP of Northern Arizona, headquartered at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, recruits baby boomers and assigns them to tutoring projects in local K-...
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Designing mentoring programs that include definite activities and outcomes may support the mentor-mentee relationship, as bonding may be facilitated through working together. This effective practice...
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In response to the Seniors Assisting Youth Engaged in Service (SaYES) initiative, Shelby Public Schools Service-Learning Program launched a campaign to recruit older adult volunteers and partner them...
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The Wisconsin Intergenerational Network (WIN), a program of the Dane County RSVP, accepted the challenge of generating interest in the Corporation for National and Community Service’s SaYES...
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North Dakota State University, sponsor of six regional RSVP programs in the state, has formed an innovative partnership with the North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service agents to train RSVP...
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In collaboration with local judicial and law enforcement authorities and a nonprofit child-advocacy organization, RSVP of Allen County, Indiana supplies books and tape-recorders to inmates of a...
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Recruitment is a critical part of volunteer management, and an ongoing process even after a program is established. Data on baby boomers has already shown that when attempting volunteer outreach, it...
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Nationwide, more than 8 million family members are providing unpaid care for loved ones 50 and older living in their household, and many who are providing constant care say that it poses a financial...
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Successful recruitment of older adults requires a well-thought out plan, including consideration of desirable characteristics, motivation, fears, recruitment message, relationship building, and...
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In Imperial County, California, Foster Grandparents who mentor and tutor youth in juvenile hall provide social and emotional support, as well as literacy skills, and can be a decisive factor in...
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During summer break Foster Grandparents from the Mexia State School Foster Grandparent Program partnered with local city libraries to provide reading programs for children with special reading needs...
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The RSVP program director of Cumberland County, North Carolina, was looking to find a way to encourage visits to residents in local nursing homes, and thought that pairing students with elderly...
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Literacy development is intensely social, and senior tutoring meets this important need, as well as others, for students who are learning to read. This 2000 National Service Fellows study by Amy...
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Foster Grandparents can be an integral part of homeland security development and implementation. In Livingston County, New York, Foster Grandparents are included in the disaster response plan and...
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An intergenerational pen pal buddy program is a great way for students to increase their literacy skills and build lasting friendships. In Riley County, Kansas, 15 RSVP volunteers were ready to team...
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For Earth Day 2001, RSVP of the Capital Region of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, partnered with several governmental and nonprofit agencies to hold a "Water Snapshot" at a nature center to correspond with...
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Elementary students do not always get a chance to learn about local history because it is often overlooked in textbooks. RSVP of Meigs County, Ohio, developed a program which provides students with...
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Many young people have stereotypes about seniors that affect how they relate to them. Seniors may have a wealth of information and wisdom for young people to draw on, but stereotypes often get in the...
