Since 1979 we have built inclusive communities that span generations and cultures to prevent and relieve isolation and loneliness.
Since 1979 LBFE Boston's nonprofit mission has been to help relieve isolation and loneliness among our older neighbors. By connecting residents of affordable & public housing with local college students, we facilitate lasting intergenerational friendships through weekly social, educational, creative, and technology programs.
#TMYK IMPACT. Together with our community partners, we are building a citywide, accessible, and sustainable network of intergenerational social program sites. Check out & please share our program impact for this Spring 2023!
Our CitySites programs are multicultural and frequently multilingual. In bringing older and younger people together, we strengthen the social connections of program participants as well as the larger community by building bridges across generational, educational, cultural, economic, and linguistic differences.
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Age Strong Boston College Community-Engaged Teaching and Research at Northeastern Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Boston Housing Authority The Peterborough Senior Center (a program of Operation P.E.A.C.E.) 2Life Communities Preservation of Affordable Housing HallKeen Management - Real Estate Management & Investment Maloney Real Estate & Property Management Madison Park Development Corporation Retirement Housing Foundation Rogerson Communities Boston Senior Home Care Bunker Hill Community College ACES - Northeastern University Alliance of Civically Engaged Students The Community Builders
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go #stpatricksday ... See MoreSee Less
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#facetofacefriday This week, meet our friend, artist, educator, consultant & strategist, and newest Creative Connections instructor, Tran of Tran Vu Arts. Her most important advice to older and younger adults? “We are all artists. Continue to cultivate your inner child and creativity.” Read more about Tran here: lbfeboston.org/profile/meet-my-friend-tran/
We are excited to welcome Tran for an eight-week Creative Connections art session for older adults at Peabody Englewood apartments in partnership with Boston Housing Authority, Boston Senior Home Care, and Age Strong.
Follow Tran on social @TranVuArts and visit her website at www.tranvuarts.com/ Support LBFE Boston's efforts to end social isolation for low-income older adults through the arts: www.lbfeboston.org
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REMINDER! Early Bird Registration Ends Tomorrow (3/17/23) Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago welcomes you to attend the End Loneliness Symposium 2023 on Tue, April 4, 2023, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT where they will explore how creativity and engagement transform the lives of older adults who are alone and lonely. Join in-person or online, register today! lbfechicago.org/about/the-end-loneliness-symposium/
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Last week, our Creative Connections program returned with five weekly art, dance & movement classes offered in four languages, at five different buildings, in three Boston neighborhoods, with four instructors, and 52 older adult participants!
Thank you to our instructors Myrlene Legendre Desir, @Aaron Myers, @TranVuArts and
Ellice Patterson and our community partners, Boston Senior Home Care, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF), Central Boston Elder Services, and Age Strong for helping to make this new session happen! ... See MoreSee Less
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#community #art #creative #connections #olderadults #endisolation
lots of creative energy flowing at LBFE!
Love this!❤️
#InTheNews We are proud to share that one of our CitySites program participants in the Back Bay area, Gawaine Ross, a Boston poet, and author, just had his *fourth* book published!! Congrats, Gawaine! Here's a link if you would like to check it out. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abolitionists-gawaine-ross/1142976996 ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations Gawaine!! 🥳