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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Friday, February 26, 2010
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.
Monday, February 22, 2010
An Unselfish Volunteer: The Story
On a blistery New England winter morning, the children in the Generations Incorporated (G.I.) program at the Thomas J. Kenny School in Dorchester were working 1-on-1 with their Reading Coaches. Among those volunteers was Joe Powers, a Massachusetts native who has served with G.I. for three years.
Mr. Powers was reading with one of his students while the school’s 2nd grade class was outside at recess. Like many Boston Public Schools, the Kenny’s playground is merely an inadequate blacktop area, similar to a small parking lot. Trying to find something fun to pass their time a few boys started playing catch with some rocks they found on the weathered asphalt. Needless to say, one of those rocks found its way through the back window of a parked car on the other side of the fence. Mr. Powers’ parked car.
The principal recommended the parents of the children involved in the incident be responsible for the $200 deductible Mr. Powers had to pay out of pocket. After hearing this, Mr. Powers responded “As long as they know what they did was wrong and that it won’t happen again there is no need for their parents to pay for it…however, if they want to do something they can donate to Generations Incorporated.”
Everyday our volunteers give their time to help develop and expand the reading skills of students, encouraging them to pursue higher education. The intergenerational component this organization offers allows our mentors to be role models by setting good examples. On this day, Mr. Powers set an example by showing his unselfishness while at the same time persuading others to do the same.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Showing Our Faces
We’re excited to present some of the real faces of our program by revealing the results of our recent Photo Contest conducted by the AmeriCorps State Members. This competition consisted of 5 categories: Cutest Kid, Best Male ECM, Best ACM Action Shot, Best ECM Action Shot and Best Site Shot.
Cutest Kid
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