The students from École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) and the seniors from Summerwood Village Retirement Residence created their Friendship / Dream Tree. Check out the pictures of the Trees the seniors and students came up with in the Gallery !!
Linking Generations is honoured to partner with LINKages Society of Alberta in a special contest open to youth ages 30 or under and adults 55+. We hope the contest will inspire youth and seniors to connect and share stories of Canada, while learning from one another .This contest is all about youth and older adults… Continue reading Sharing Intergenerational Stories Contest
We just added the group picture of the students from École Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) and the seniors from Summerwood Village Retirement Residence. Check out all of group pictures in the Program Participants !!
The students from Archbishop Jordan Catholic High School and the seniors from Country Cottage created their Friendship / Dream Tree. Check out the pictures of the Trees the seniors and students came up with in the Gallery !!
Instead of playing games in their groups, both the students from Archbishop Jordan Catholic High School and the seniors from Country Cottage Retirement Residence got all together and enjoyed BINGO. So, check out all of the Games Day pictures in the Gallery !!
June made a point of coming to talk to me and saying how much she loved the pictures I took at Summerwood of all the seniors and students. Her daughter told her to go on the website and take a look at them. Playing games are simply Fun !! Students from École Our Lady of… Continue reading Linking Generations Students and Seniors played more Games !!
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. Some even played guitar for each other. One of the seniors was not able to make it to the games area, so her students went to her room… Continue reading Linking Generations Students and Seniors have a Fun “Games Day”
Linking Generations students and seniors created more beautiful hand made cards for County Clothes-Line. This is our way of giving back to our community. County Clothes-Line Foundation is a major Funder for Linking Generations, so it only makes sense that we partner with each other. You can go to County Clothes-Line to purchase these beautiful… Continue reading Linking Generations Community Involvement – More Cards for County Clothes-Line
Playing games is a great way to let conversation start. The game these Linking Generations students and seniors played was no exception. On the table was a pile of cards. Pick one up and everyone got to answer the question. What type of questions? Well, here are a few: How did you learn your Time… Continue reading Linking Generations Students and Seniors played a game that asked questions like: How did you get to school?
Another group of our seniors and students spent another afternoon, talking and sharing what Friendship means and what Dreams each person had. Each senior and student traced each of their hands and then cut their hands out. Each wrote something on each hand something about friendship on one hand and dreams on the other.… Continue reading More Creating Our Very Own Tree of Dreams and Friendship Thoughts
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