Category Archives: Intergenerational
“Sing It” – LBSAC Inter-generational Chorus
Making joyful noise through music has always been at the forefront at the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony. With a grant made possible through the Eisner Foundation, EngAGE sponsored a 12 -week inter-generational music program that began in mid-February and … Continue reading
Piedmont News
Here’s the latest from Piedmont Senior Apartments in North Hollywood! Country Day School Mentoring Program: This unique intergenerational program buddies seniors and 4th grade students to create art, history, and socio-cultural community projects. Working together, seniors and students made collages … Continue reading
Maureen Kellen-Taylor: “Learning to Love: Crossing the Generation Divide”
EngAGE C.O.O. Dr. Maureen Kellen-Taylor shares her excellent essay about the EngAGE Mentoring Program, recently published in HowlRound, “a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community,” based at Emerson College. Read more from Maureen on her blog, regener8tion. Where do older adults … Continue reading
An “Origami for Animals” Update
EngAGE Team Member Sharon Springer sent in this photo, which represents the culmination of the “Origami 4 Animals” project that we posted about last week. See the previous post here and be sure to read the article in the Burbank … Continue reading
Girl Scout and BSAC Residents Create “Origami for Animals”
Sharon Springer, Assistant to EngAGE C.O.O., reports on a wonderful intergenerational project involving Burbank Senior Artists Colony Residents and an ambitious Girl Scout: On the eve of her birthday, a 9-year old Girl Scout informed her parents that, as a … Continue reading