Author: Linking Generations

Senior Facility/School Partnership Programs provide the opportunity for students in junior and high schools to participate together in intergenerational programs at various senior facilities. Programs are one hour in length, bi-weekly from September to May each year. The intention is to empower students and seniors to form connections where each generation benefits through shared experiences,… Continue reading CELEBRATING OUR LAST PROGRAM VISIT FOR 2023-2024 AT HEARTLAND HOUSING SILVER BIRCH LODGE AND HAVEN

École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) has done it again. OLPH invited Linking Generations seniors from Heartland Housing Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences to a tea in their honor at Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help School. As seniors entered the school, students quickly rose to greet them and escorted them into… Continue reading They have done it again !! OLPH School brings Sunshine to Heartland Housing Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors

Linking Generations Share and Care Programs allow our younger generations of students to visit regularly with seniors who are now in their latter stages of life and living in a long-term care facility. Students read their "easy readers" to our seniors or sit at a table playing snakes and ladders. Both activities bring the seniors… Continue reading Linking Generations Share and Care time: Just having Fun TOGETHER

Linking Generations Volunteer Grandparent Program provides senior volunteers assignments in elementary schools in our community. Senior volunteers enjoy the chance to share life skills, knowledge, and experience, while providing a valuable community service to our youth.  Linking Generations Volunteer Grandparent Programs works in partnership with educators to develop, place and support volunteers in the Grandparent Program. Click here to see other pictures !

Spring is here and what better way to celebrate it than inviting our Linking Generations seniors from Heartland Housing Cloverbar Lodge to a tea in their honor at our partner school Ecole Our Lady  of Perpetual Help School. As seniors entered the school, students quickly rose to greet them and usher them into the library, where tables were… Continue reading Linking Generations – Ecole Our Lady  of Perpetual Help (OLPH) School brings Sunshine to Cloverbar Lodge Seniors

Thank you to our Volunteer Seniors at Dr. Turner Lodge, Fort Saskatchewan. Our St. John Paul II Students created the most beautiful gifts for our seniors at Dr. Turner Lodge. Check out the pictures below. Click here to see more pictures !

We’ve all heard members of older generations start a story with an eye-roll-prompting, “Back in my day,” which is then followed by a seemingly endless list of ways things have changed in the intervening years . However, while those tales of walking 10 miles in the snow may be a little stale, there’s no denying… Continue reading Reminiscing About Our Heritage – Salisbury Composite High School & Sherwood Care

We’ve all heard members of older generations start a story with an eye-roll-prompting, “Back in my day,” which is then followed by a seemingly endless list of ways things have changed in the intervening years . However, while those tales of walking 10 miles in the snow may be a little stale, there’s no denying… Continue reading Reminiscing About Our Heritage – Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and Chartwell Emerald Hills

We’ve all heard members of older generations start a story with an eye-roll-prompting, “Back in my day,” which is then followed by a seemingly endless list of ways things have changed in the intervening years . However, while those tales of walking 10 miles in the snow may be a little stale, there’s no denying… Continue reading Reminiscing About Our Heritage – St. John Paul II Junior High School & Heartland Housing Dr. Turner Lodge

We’ve all heard members of older generations start a story with an eye-roll-prompting, “Back in my day,” which is then followed by a seemingly endless list of ways things have changed in the intervening years . However, while those tales of walking 10 miles in the snow may be a little stale, there’s no denying… Continue reading Reminiscing About Our Heritage – St. Theresa Catholic School & Christenson Developments Bedford Village