A Week On

For AmeriCorps State Members at Generations Incorporated (G.I.) February break is a week off from our sites but it isn’t a week off of service.  In fact it’s a time when we are busy in the office ensuring the integrity of our program by completing monthly paperwork and a time for us to develop and create literacy games to help our Reading Coaches improve the reading skills of the children in the program.  It also gives our AmeriCorps Members the chance to serve with other non-profits in the area.  Over the break we served at two organizations, The Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services and Cradles to Crayons.

The Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) is a non-profit located in Somerville that promotes the dignity and independence of older adults.  Established in 1972 as part of the national movement towards community-based care for the elderly, this program serves thousands of older adults and younger people with disabilities.  Every third Wednesday of each month, SCES hosts their Brown Bag Program.  During the break our AmeriCorps members helped out by writing names of clients on brown bags, unloading boxes off pallets, packing bags in an assembly line and replenishing items when they got low.

We had a BLAST!

Cradles to Crayons (C2C) is a Quincy-based non-profit that provides homeless and in-need children with the basic essentials they need.  Since its inception in 2002, C2C has provided cribs, clothing, toys, books and much more to thousands of disadvantaged families in the Greater Boston area.  C2C’s Giving Factory is a large warehouse that holds the merchandise sorted by volunteers then given to social workers and families in need.   While at the Giving Factory we packaged essential materials consisting of shoes, clothes, winter jackets, school supplies and toys for over 60 children, ages 0-12.

Once again, we had a BLAST!

Throughout our year of service at Generations Incorporated we work long hours training and assisting older adults within our communities, helping them become healthier and more active. We commit to long days, usually two sites, working 1-on-1 with children while looking for new ways to increase their literacy skills. We are always interested and enthusiastic when given the chance to work with other organizations in our area. Not because it’s something different but because it gives us the opportunity to help even more people.

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