Each year, our partnership school, Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), invites our seniors from Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences to attend a Spring Tea in their honor. Our seniors are excited and thrilled about this annual event as they not only get to visit with their link students outside the senior facility, they… Continue reading Spring Tea for the Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences seniors hosted by the OLPH students
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Family Meet and Greet for Dr Turner Lodge and St. John Paul Middle School
Linking Generations held their Annual Family Meet and Greet Evening at Dr Turner Lodge recently. This annual event is held to recognize the intergenerational connections made between seniors and youth in our community. Our mentoring Linking Generations Seniors are an integral part of our Linking Generations program, and we each year we encourage our senior… Continue reading Family Meet and Greet for Dr Turner Lodge and St. John Paul Middle School
Spring Tea for the Clover Bar Lodge seniors hosted by the OLPH students
Each year, our partnership school, Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), invites our seniors from Cloverbar Lodge to attend a Spring Tea in their honor. Our seniors are excited and thrilled about this annual event as they not only get to visit with their link students outside the senior facility, they experience what it… Continue reading Spring Tea for the Clover Bar Lodge seniors hosted by the OLPH students
Family Meet and Greet for Chartwell Emerald Hills and Lakeland Ridge Junior High
Our Linking Generations students and seniors are an integral part of our success. So, it's only fitting that we share this success with family members. This week, our Family Meet and Greet for Chartwell Emerald Hills and Lakeland Ridge Junior High was an overwhelming success ! Each participating student and senior was encouraged to invite… Continue reading Family Meet and Greet for Chartwell Emerald Hills and Lakeland Ridge Junior High
Heritage visit with St. Theresa Catholic School students and Christenson Developments Bedford Village seniors
When "looking at heritage items," we share the stories the items tell about the past, the people who created them, and the societies they came from. Our St Theresa students and Bedford Seniors loved this special visit ! Click here to see other pictures !
Grandpa Bernie at Madonna School
The message below was on a post from the Madonna Catholic School Facebook page. Today was a special day! Grandpa Bernie shared some amazing items from the past with our grade 4 students. It was a trip down memory lane as they got to see and touch things that tell the story of the past.… Continue reading Grandpa Bernie at Madonna School
OLPH students and Clover Bar Lodge seniors puzzle over Museum pieces
Linking Generations is grateful for our wonderful community partnership with Strathcona Museum. Our OLPH students and Clover Bar Lodge seniors puzzle over some of the items from a long time ago, trying to guess what they are and what their use was. Click here to see other pictures !
Share N Care Visit with Sherwood Care Seniors
Our Share and Care students brought smiles and laughter to our Sherwood Care seniors this morning, with an array of board games followed by reading to the seniors. Click here to see other pictures !
Heritage items with OLPH Students with their Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences Seniors
Our OLPH students had a great time with their "linked" seniors from Heartland Housing- SilverBirch, today, while sharing conversations about Heritage items. Students were stumped on many items. We had added some 8-tracks to the items, and none of the students had even seen these before. The antique telephone and encyclopedia were big hits. Thank… Continue reading Heritage items with OLPH Students with their Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences Seniors
St. John Paul Middle school visited with their linked seniors at Dr Turner Lodge
While students from St. John Paul Middle school visited with their linked seniors at Dr Turner Lodge , various items were passed from table to table for our Heritage Visit today with Fort Community Care seniors. Seniors saw items from their earlier years while our students puzzled over what that item could be. The highlight… Continue reading St. John Paul Middle school visited with their linked seniors at Dr Turner Lodge
