Friday, May 28, 2010
Experience Corps highlighted as a high-impact national service program
In Shirley Sagawa’s new book The American Way to Change, she explores how national service volunteers are changing America…read more by clicking here.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Social Innovation Forum Showcase Event
Last week Tuesday, Mary presented Generations Incorporated as Boston’s Healthy Aging Innovator at the Social Innovation Forum’s Showcase Event. You can watch her speech by clicking here. This event was an opportunity for us present how our programs engage older adults, promote healthy aging and at the same time, make an important literacy impact on Greater Boston’s school children. Tara Finnegan (Director of Resource Development), Samantha Levine (Board President), and Carol Kamin (Board Member) accompanied Mary to the N.E.R.D. Center (New England Research & Development) in Cambridge to network with local business leaders who are interested in lending their support and expertise to innovative Boston nonprofits like us!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Reading, Science & Family at Kenny Elementary
Recently, I had the opportunity to host a family event at my elementary school. For me, this was a task that I had been familiar with this year. Family events can be tough to get good attendance at, but when I found out our school was hosting a Science Night, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to have our own family event as well. Hattie West, our Site Team Leader, Reading Coaches, and myself decided to do our own Science Fair with our kids. The past month was dedicated to having the students do research on a topic of their choosing, and to create a diorama with the information they found. Everyone involved with the projects put in 100% effort! The kids really took to doing the projects and were so proud of their work. The projects ranged from butterflies to space. We even had a student do one on Chinese Food! By the time the school Science Night arrived, our students had finished their dioramas with great enthusiasm. My main concern was making sure as many people as possible got to see their finished work.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Knitting Relationships
On Wednesday early-afternoons in the Yawkey Boys and Girls Club’s Generations Incorporated (GI) Room, you will find a group of Reading Coaches and AmeriCorps Members using some of their most creative skills. However, it’s not literacy related. These members (all women, at the moment) are knitting. As part of G.I.’s Healthy Aging Program, Crafternoons give our older adults a chance to show off their skills while forming close-knit relationships.
For Anna Coleman, a Reading Coach at the Yawkey, it’s a time for her to continue her hobby of making blankets for patients at the Boston Children’s Hospital. For others including Esther Williams, a Reading Coach at the Yawkey, and Kim Bohling & Meg Licht, AmeriCorps Members, it’s a chance to make scarves, blankets, cowls and socks for their families and loved ones.
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