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 hosts Experience Corps in Boston
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For more information, contact:
Mary Gunn
Generations Incorporated
Phone: 617-423-5865
mgunn@generationsinc.org
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Experience Corps Boston
The Experience Corps program in Boston is hosted by Generations Incorporated. Since 1998, this innovative partnership has engaged older adults in results-driven, intergenerational programs. Experience Corps Members in Boston assist youth through literacy coaching and mentoring. Boston students receiving one-on-one literacy instruction have improved their literacy skills nearly three times as much as those not receiving special instruction. Through our programs, volunteers help elementary age children recover lost ground before reading problems affect their academic performance and limit their future opportunities.
Since many of our volunteers live in the neighborhoods we serve, relationships developed during our programs are extending beyond the school day, as they bond with families and improve neighborhood relations. It is easy to measure literacy gains, but the intergenerational relationships are invaluable. For over a decade, Generations Incorporated has worked to connect older adults with the children who need them most.
Currently, the Boston program is exploring expansion possibilities in new communities within Greater Boston. Also, Boston is in the beginning phase of a new leadership program for older adults, and seeks persons who are willing to take on management roles, recruiting and training roles, and other leadership functions.
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