Author: Linking Generations

Sometimes a visit between students and seniors can change your mood for the day ! Seniors enjoy visits. Our Intergenerational Programs allow students and seniors to socialize and thus break the isolation many seniors face. Several studies published in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour show that social isolation is often associated with cognitive decline and… Continue reading Linking Generations – Archbishop Jordan High School spend an afternoon visiting with their linked seniors from Country Cottage

For our Community Visit this year, we chose to support our Strathcona Foods Bank. Students were asked to bring  in items to donate to our local Food Bank just in time for the holidays!  We  displayed these items and each team then had to guess the cost of the food item in 1940, 1980, 1980… Continue reading Linking Generations – The Price Is Right and the Food Bank

board game noun1. any game played on a board, especially one that involves the movement of pieces on the board, such as chess or checkers. Playing board games, can invoke memories of our past, at any age. When the weather is cold or warm, it’s always a great time for cookies and conversation over a competitive game!… Continue reading Linking Generations – Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) and Summerwood Seniors Play Board Games !!

board game noun1. any game played on a board, especially one that involves the movement of pieces on the board, such as chess or checkers. Playing board games, can invoke memories of our past, at any age. When the weather is cold or warm, it’s always a great time for cookies and conversation over a competitive game!… Continue reading Linking Generations – New Horizons Charter School ( Junior High ) & Silver Birch Haven Seniors Residence Play Board Games !!

For our Community Visit this year, we chose to support our Strathcona Foods Bank. Students were asked to bring  in items to donate to our local Food Bank just in time for the holidays!  We  displayed these items and each team then had to guess the cost of the food item in 1940, 1980, 1980… Continue reading Linking Generations – The Price Is Right and the Food Bank

board gamenoun1. any game played on a board, especially one that involves the movement of pieces on the board, such as chess or checkers. Playing board games, can invoke memories of our past, at any age. When the weather is cold or warm, it’s always a great time for cookies and conversation over a competitive… Continue reading Linking Generations – Students from Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary and Capital Care Strathcona Game Day

For our Community Visit this year, we chose to support our Strathcona Foods Bank. Students were asked to bring  in items to donate to our local Food Bank just in time for the holidays!  We  displayed these items and each team then had to guess the cost of the food item in 1940, 1980, 1980… Continue reading Linking Generations – The Price Is Right and the Food Bank

Students from OLPH Junior High School spent a lovely lunch hour visiting with their partnered seniors from Heartland Housing – CloverBar Lodge at Greenland Garden Centre. They walked amongst the beautifully decorated trees, while doing a scavenger hunt. To witness and hear the stories that were shared by our seniors, of the differences of Christmas’s… Continue reading Linking Generations Students and Seniors at Greenland Garden Centre

board game noun 1. any game played on a board, especially one that involves the movement of pieces on the board, such as chess or checkers. Playing board games, can invoke memories of our past, at any age. When the weather is cold or warm, it’s always a great time for cookies and conversation over a competitive… Continue reading Linking Generations – ABJ and County Cottage Play Board Games !!

For our Community Visit this year, we chose to support our Strathcona Foods Bank. Students were asked to bring  in items to donate to our local Food Bank just in time for the holidays!  We  displayed these items and each team then had to guess the cost of the food item in 1940, 1980, 1980… Continue reading Linking Generations – The Price Is Right !!