You can help relieve and prevent social isolation and loneliness among older adults. Your generosity allows us to connect the young and old at free, weekly programs where they build mutually beneficial, joyful friendships.
Each year LBFE Boston connects Boston's college students with hundreds of older adults living in public and affordable housing. Generations enjoy social, digital literacy, and creative arts classes together and share life experiences and skills.
Reflecting on this amazing #GIW24 - one of our favorite moments was at our first-ever Multi-Gen Mix & Mingle. Guests participated in hands-on activity building a Community Tree where everyone, including #olderadults from nearby #fenway 334 Mass Ave., Kenmore Abbey, and St. Cecilia's House, were invited to share their thoughts on a leaf added to build our tree:
1) if someone asked you why #intergenerational programs are important, what would you say? or
2) What motivates you to keep coming back to our programs or what’s been you’re favorite part of programs?
The responses show how ESSENTIAL #socialconnection is between generations. For ALL to grow and age in health, we must continue to celebrate in moments like this and provide programs to do so!
"I like making friends with young people. It makes me younger."
"I love this moment."
"Learning different perspectives from all different walks of life."
"Mutual understanding, respect, and support."
"Inherit the virtue of respecting and loving the elderly."
"Be happy."
"Learning new things."
"We cannot have a future without learning from our history."
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As we wrap up an impactful Global #intergenerational Week, we wanted to share this powerful story produced by Elena Eberwein GBH News who joined our multi-generational mix and mingle last week.
It captures the heart of the LBFE Boston community so well and exactly why Intergenerational connections, practice & friendships are ESSENTIAL for ALL, and one of the keys to preventing social isolation.
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Day 7 -Let's Build Intergenerational Workplaces -@LBFE Boston - Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a great example of a multi-generational workplace...from student volunteers & part and full-time workers in our late teens and early twenties, to staff in between and decades older...we all have something to contribute to this organization, and we learn from one another every day!
How can intergenerational collaboration improve the workplace? How have you fostered this at your own organization?
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DAY 6 EU Day – Solidarity between Generations. This #globalintergenerationalweek, LBFE Boston challenges you to reach out to someone from a different generation, like these #olderadults and #collegestudents at Blackstone Apartments!
Say 'hi', ask them to enjoy a coffee together, play a game, or just TALK.....share your experiences, learn from theirs, and strengthen the bonds that make our world richer!
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GLOBAL INTERGENERATIONAL WEEK DAY 4 - Let’s Celebrate Intergenerational Spaces and Communities. Here's a great example ..
By partnering with the Boston Housing Authority LBFE Boston can offer our Digital Dividends courses in building community rooms to resident #OlderAdults where they live.
Then, #collegestudents from community partners Northeastern University and Boston College gather weekly to teach tech basics in 8-10 week sessions with donated Chromebooks and hotspots.
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#GIW24 - Global Intergenerational Week continues with Day 4 tomorrow & Lives Well Lived Virtual Screening and Virtual Q&A session with filmmaker, Sky Bergman tomorrow April 27th at 10 am ET. Register here: generationsworkingtogether.org/events/giw24-webinar-q-a-lives-well-lived-27042024
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Join us during Global Intergenerational Week (April 24th - 30th, 2024) for a special virtual screening of Sky Bergman's film, Lives Well Lived. Dive into this experience from the comfort of your own h...Comment on Facebook