Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1998
Abstract
A retired secretary assists with a high-school business class. When she suffers a stroke the students visit, encourage, and help her through rehabilitation --Intergenerational Service-Learning Members of a fraternity help senior citizens relocate to their new facility. The following semester senior citizens mentor freshman students who are overwhelmed by the university experience --Intergenerational Service-Learning.
An older couple visits a preschool to read and tell stories to the children. Three years later when one of them loses sight, the students take turns reading to them--proudly demonstrating their new skills --Intergenerational Service-Learning.
Retirees visit a Youth Center to tutor delinquent boys. Youths shovel snow for older residents --Intergenerational Service-Learning.
Recommended Citation
Illinois Intergenerational Initiative, "Intergenerational Service-Learning" (1998). Intergenerational. 16.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slceintergenerational/16