Let’s embrace the season and enjoy a Christmas celebration! Seniors and students shared some of their favourite memories and traditions of the holiday season. We even had special musicians lead us in singing some Christmas Carols! Students are from Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help Junior High and seniors are from Summerwood Seniors Residence.
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Linking Generations – Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party – New Horizons Charter School (Junior High) and Heartland Housing – Silver Birch Haven.
Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party!! Let’s embrace the season and enjoy a Christmas celebration! Seniors and students shared some of their favourite memories and traditions of the holiday season. We even had special musicians lead us in singing some Christmas Carols! Students are from New Horizons Charter School (Junior High) and seniors… Continue reading Linking Generations – Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party – New Horizons Charter School (Junior High) and Heartland Housing – Silver Birch Haven.
Linking Generations – Students are from Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and seniors are from Heartland Housing – Silver Birch Manor and Lodge
Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party!! Let’s embrace the season and enjoy a Christmas celebration! Seniors and students shared some of their favourite memories and traditions of the holiday season. We even had special musicians lead us in singing some Christmas Carols! Students are from Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and seniors are… Continue reading Linking Generations – Students are from Lakeland Ridge Junior High School and seniors are from Heartland Housing – Silver Birch Manor and Lodge
Linking Generations – Students from Archbishop Jordan High School (ABJ) and their linked seniors from Chartwell Riet – Country Cottage spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men !
Students from Archbishop Jordan High School (ABJ) and their linked seniors from Chartwell Riet - Country Cottage spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men ! Gingerbread dates from the 15th century. The first documented instance of figure-shaped gingerbread biscuits was at the court of Elizabeth I of England. She had the gingerbread figures made and presented… Continue reading Linking Generations – Students from Archbishop Jordan High School (ABJ) and their linked seniors from Chartwell Riet – Country Cottage spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men !
Linking Generations – Students from Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary High School and their linked seniors from Capital Care Strathcona spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men
Students from Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary High School and their linked seniors from Capital Care Strathcona spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men ! Gingerbread dates from the 15th century. The first documented instance of figure-shaped gingerbread biscuits was at the court of Elizabeth I of England. She had the gingerbread figures made and presented in… Continue reading Linking Generations – Students from Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary High School and their linked seniors from Capital Care Strathcona spend an afternoon decorating Gingerbread Men
Linking Generations – Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party!!
Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party!! Let’s embrace the season and enjoy a Christmas celebration! Seniors and students shared some of their favourite memories and traditions of the holiday season. We even had special musicians lead us in singing some Christmas Carols! Students are from St. Theresa Middle School and seniors are from… Continue reading Linking Generations – Tis the Season! Let’s have a Christmas Party!!
Linking Generations – Archbishop Jordan High School spend an afternoon visiting with their linked seniors from Country Cottage
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
Linking Generations – The Price Is Right and the Food Bank
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
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 – Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) and Summerwood Seniors Play Board Games !!
Linking Generations – New Horizons Charter School ( Junior High ) & Silver Birch Haven Seniors Residence 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 !!
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