Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Patriots Celebrate Volunteerism: Senior Advocate Week “NBC News Highlights Generations Incorporated”
NBC News Highlights Generations Incorporated
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Patriots Celebrate Volunteerism: Senior Advocate Week “Investing the Community in the School”
Florence Slepian started volunteering in a K2 classroom at Blackstone Community School in the South End in October 2011. “Blackstone was recommended to me when I went through the training. I’ve worked with kids all my life. It’s my way of giving back to society for all that I’ve been given,” she says.
Florence leads small-group literacy activities two mornings per week, assisting the teacher in a variety of ways. Recently, she took a student who was having a difficult morning on a walk around the school. “If there hadn’t been someone else there, she wouldn’t have been able to leave class. After we walked around, she was able to go back into class and work. I find the response of the kids to the attention I can give beyond what the teacher can do the most rewarding part of being at Blackstone,” she says.
Early on during her service, Florence noticed that many of the students in the class had very poor dental hygiene. Fortunately, dentists from Boston University School of Dental Medicine came to Blackstone to talk to the students about taking care of their teeth. They brought a toothbrush for each student, but no toothpaste.
Florence took it upon herself to make sure that each student had toothpaste to take home as well. “I went to my dentist, and I said, ‘I’ve given you a lot of business over the years. Now it’s time for you to do something for me,’” she recalls. Florence secured a donation of toothpaste from her dentist to supply the entire class.
As a thank you for the generous gift, the students made Florence (“Ms. Flo”) several large cards. “They made me close my eyes and block my ears as they gave them to me. I was enormously affected and appreciative of their response, and for the help of their incredible teacher. The cards are now hanging on the wall in my study.”
Story by Dana Moyer
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Intergeneration Week: An Interview with Bill Wolff
This video is the final post featured in our week-long series for “Intergeneration Week”.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Intergeneration Week: Day 6
This photo is the sixth of seven posts that will be featured in our week-long series for “Intergeneration Week”.
Three of our wonderful Experience Corps members: Edna Little, Ruth Villard and Michel Idiokitas
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Intergeneration Week: Day 3
This photo is the third of seven posts that will be featured in our week-long series for “Intergeneration Week”
Experience Corps member Rose Napolitano reads with a student at Garfield Elementary School in Revere, MA.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Intergeneration Week: An Interview with Hattie West
This video is the second of seven posts that will be featured in our week-long series for “Intergeneration Week”
