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Simply put, it’s a 60-second game – Participants attempt to see who can finish a challenge first or who can complete a task the most times in under a minute. The students of St. Theresa Catholic School played games with the seniors of Christenson Developments Bedford Village! Click here to see more pictures !

Simply put, it’s a 60-second game – Participants attempt to see who can finish a challenge first or who can complete a task the most times in under a minute. The students of St. John Paul II Junior High School and the seniors from Heartland Housing Dr. Turner Lodge played games. Click here to see… Continue reading Linking Generations Students and Seniors play “Minute to Win It”

Playing games is a great way to let conversation start. These students and seniors from Linking Generations enjoyed playing games like Sorry, Jenga, Trouble, and card games. The students of St. Theresa Catholic School played games with the seniors of Christenson Developments Bedford Village! Click here to see more pictures !

The 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.… Continue reading Linking Generations Volunteer Grandparent Program 2023-2024

Thank you to the Fort Saskatchewan Rotary Club for your continued support for our Fort Saskatchewan Programs. Linking Generations is about stories. The stories that we hear from seniors and the stories that our students tell. This is the passing on of our local oral history and the new insights that youth can provide to… Continue reading Fort Saskatchewan Rotary Club continued support for Linking Generations Fort Saskatchewan Programs

The holiday break is over. The students caught up with their seniors. Everyone is happy to be back. Heartland Housing Silver Birch Lodge/Haven Seniors Residences seniors show our École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) students the skills needed to play the Dice Game, Word-Winks, and several other games.  How do you play the Dice Game?… Continue reading LG – New Year starting with Fun and Games

Bedford Village seniors show our St. Theresa Middle School students the skills needed to play the Dice Game and Word-Winks.  Object of the game is to color in all the squares using the  numbers that are rolled on the dice. For example if a 2 and 3 are rolled a 2x3 portion of the graph will get… Continue reading LG – New Year starting with Fun and Games

For some of our seniors the Christmas season may be a lonely time. Linking Generations helps by brining back fond memories of decorating Christmas cookies for the festive season. Our student from Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and our linked seniors from Chartwell Emerald Hills not only enjoyed decorating cookies but also sharing their holiday… Continue reading LG – The Art of Decorating Christmas Cookies – Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and Chartwell Emerald Hills

For some of our seniors the Christmas season may be a lonely time. Linking Generations helps by brining back fond memories of decorating Christmas cookies for the festive season. Our student from Salisbury Composite High School and our linked seniors from Sherwood Care not only enjoyed decorating cookies but also sharing their holiday traditions and… Continue reading LG – The Art of Decorating Christmas Cookies – Salisbury Composite High School & Sherwood Care

For some of our seniors the Christmas season may be a lonely time. Linking Generations helps by brining back fond memories of decorating Christmas cookies for the festive season. Our student from École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) and our linked seniors from Heartland Housing Clover Bar Lodge not only enjoyed decorating cookies… Continue reading LG – The Art of Decorating Christmas Cookies – École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) & Heartland Housing Clover Bar Lodge