Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time Spotlights Making Schools Great
Time magazine focused on education in their September 24th edition, releasing an in-depth look at the nation’s struggling schools and the family and community resources we need to help them. Click here to read their focus article, which includes a full list of “What Makes a School Great,” or click here to read the Experience Corps special mention.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Annie E. Casey Cites Experience Corps
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s new report, Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters cites Experience Corps as a program that works. Click here to read the report, or here for the 2010 resource guide. For more information, visit www.aecf.org.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Mary Gunn at TEDxBoston on July 29th
She is presenting, “One Solution for Two Significant Social Problems: How bringing older and younger generations together can improve both the health of senior citizens and the literacy skills of children.” TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a small non-profit dedicated to bringing together individuals across disciplines to share their innovative ideas with the world. To learn more about TED and the event in Boston, click here. To listen and watch previous TED talks, click here. To hear Mary’s talk click here.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Experience Corps in US News and World Report
Today, the be
nefits of Experience Corps for both older adults and children are highlighted in US News and World Report’s article, Senior-Student Mentoring Can Be Great Win-Win.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Meet our new Board Member: Michel Idiokitas
Michel joins our board after a successful career in finance and community organizing. He first joined Generations Incorporated four years ago as an Experience Corps Member (ECM) and currently serves at the Yawkey Boys & Girls Club in Roxbury. He brings his experience in finance to our board, as well as to our older adults. He recently offered a training for his fellow ECMs on personal finance. As a leader in his community, he’s actively involved in recruiting other older adults, especially men of color. Prior to his experience with Generations Incorporated, Michel served on the Board of Directors at the Bowdoin Street Health Center. Michel currently resides in Dorchester, MA.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Annie E. Casey Foundation’s report: Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
In this new report, Experience Corps is mentioned in the Resource Guide (click here to view) as a program to invest in because it gets results with children who are at risk for not being able to read by the end of third grade. To learn more about this important new study, click here to visit their website.
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!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Boston Globe: “Tutoring found to help mentors, too”
The Boston Globe recently ran an article applauding the accolades of Experience Corps, click here to read it. We’re proud to host Greater Boston’s Experience Corps program and successfully engage 300 adults 55+ in volunteer opportunities that promote aging healthfully.
