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Volume 10, Issue 34
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August 26, 2015
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Grandparents Day Ideas!
- In Roeland Park, Kansas, the
Johnson County Park & Recreation District's 50 Plus Program has a family picnic. Learn more
- In Brentwood, California, the
Celebration Center is celebrating Grandparents Day the entire month of September. On Sept. 10th and 11th, preschoolers get to bring Grandparents to school. See the full flyer and learn more.
- Haven't decided on an activity yet? Then visit
www.grandparentsday.org for resources, ideas and information.
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Intergeneration Month is September!
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August is Family Heritage Month
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A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters
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Opening for an Intergenerational Position in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Bridges Together - a young, growing non-profit dedicated to intergenerational programming - is looking for a Part-Time Intergenerational Facilitator. This position, which reports to the Executive Director, leads and supports Bridges Together's intergenerational efforts.
Learn more
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#TakeAGrandie for Generations United's Grandie Contest!
What's a grandie? An intergenerational selfie, course! We're looking for the best ones to highlight through our social media and Generations This Week. We will also announce the winner and special prize the week after Grandparents Day. Why not
#TakeAGrandie during a family vacation with someone of a different generation and let us know by using the hashtag on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Learn more
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Culture United
Grandma
Elle Reid has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter, Sage, unexpectedly shows up pregnant and needing $600 before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets. In his New York Times column, Anthony Oliver Scott wrote: "There is much to praise about this sweet, smart comedy of intergenerational conflict and solidarity: the way the script captures the speech patterns of the young, the old and the middle age; the way the story feels at once frantic and relaxed, as the two main characters race against the clock and meander through Los Angeles in Elle's wheezy vintage car..." Learn more
Thanks to Patti Russo for this week's suggestion!
Do you know of any films, books, music and TV shows with an intergenerational theme?
Share them with us
and we'll share in the weeks and months to come. Disclaimer:
Inclusion in this section is not an endorsement from Generations United. Rather, it is a way of showing the multiplying impact when the arts and pop culture are age-advantaged.
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Learn More About Our Google Doodle Campaign
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Cool Ideas
The Intergenerational Pen-Pal
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Want to be Considered for a Bookend Blog?
Three years ago, we started a series known as the Bookend Blog. (see:
Betty White's Off Their Rockers
.) The series got its name from our contributing writers, youth and older adults, both of whom we refer to as the "bookends" that hold our civil society together. Bookend bloggers comment on current events and offer generational perspectives. Does this sound like you? Read the submission guidelines, then
let us know
if you want to be considered for our Bookend Blog.
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Think Intergenerational - Funding Opportunities
2016 U.S. School Gardens.
FoodCorps and the School Garden Grant program provides a $2,000 monetary grant to a K-12 school, or a nonprofit working in partnership with a K-12 school, to support a new or existing edible garden on school grounds. Application opens Sept. 1, 2015. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2015. Learn more
If you have - or know of - any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to Alan King at aking@gu.org
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Great Resources
Supporting Youth in Foster Care in Making Healthy Choices: A Guide for Caregivers and Caseworkers on Trauma, Treatment, and Psychotropic Medications
Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards, Under One Roof
and
Connecting Generations
These excellent Generations United resources are available for the shipping and handling price - Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards - $4.50,
Under One Roof - $4.50, Connecting Generations - $5.50.
Order your copies today!
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Events
Conferences
Celebrate the Power of Experience.
Senior Corps.
Reston, VA. Sept. 9-12, 2015. Learn more
Grandparents As Parents Conference. Grandparents As Parents. Covington, KY. Sept. 11, 2015. Learn more
Tribal Customary Adoption: Making Relatives, Supporting Families. National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA).
Portland, OR. Sept. 22-23, 2015.
Learn more
2015 GIA Annual Conference. Grantmakers in Aging. Washington, DC.
October 28-30, 2015.
Learn more
LeadingAge HackFest. LeadingAge. Boston, MA. Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2015. Learn more
LeadingAge Annual Meeting and Expo. LeadingAge. Boston, MA. Nov. 1-4, 2015. Learn more
International Youth Earth Summit. Montessori Model United Nations. New York, NY. Nov. 11-14, 2015. Learn more
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"Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, a knowledge of the past, and a sense of the future." ~Margaret Mead
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Your Feedback Invited! We want Generations This Week to be a real resource for you. Please send us any national news on intergenerational issues in addition to upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, reports and webinars. Local and state events can be shared in our Facebook group. Please also let us know how we can improve! My email is aking@gu.org. I'd love to hear from you! Best, Alan King Communications Specialist Generations United |
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Treat Yourself GRAND! As a reader of Generations This Week, you can receive a complimentary subscription to GRAND, the online magazine by grandparents, for grandparents. That's a $19.95 value for 12 issues. Apply for your subscription and get valuable offers, inspirational stories, and more. Each new, bimonthly issue will be delivered right to your inbox! |
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