Our Purpose

 

Our core purpose is to improve the social engagement received by residents of senior- and assisted-living facilities. We seek to do this by providing a program that not only connects high school students with seniors in

an environment that is socially beneficial to the residents, but that also offers the students training in the areas of leadership, interpersonal skills and project management. We believe this will enable the students to engage and interact with seniors more effectively during our events, as well as strengthening the relationships and connections they make.

 

Our Approach

 

Our approach is simple: Joining Generations seeks to supplement and enhance the social engagement that seniors receive by equipping our volunteers to be leaders with exceptional interpersonal skills. We believe having access to meaningful engagement opportunities every day is a basic human right and we seek to bring fun, hope and social connection back into the daily lives of the seniors we serve. The reality is that the ratio of activity directors (and other life enrichment professionals) to senior residents doesn’t allow them to spend an adequate amount of quality time per resident. COVID-19’s effect on the ability of seniors to interact meaningfully with their family members only multiplies how important our mission is. We empower our volunteers to create personal connections that are meaningful, impactful and designed to enhance the seniors’ well-being. Joining Generations will always remain self-sufficient and administratively independent from the facilities we serve. We are 100% self-funded through individual chapter fundraising. Above all, our approach is to train and to motivate our volunteers to care about who the seniors we serve are as people. Fostering interpersonal relationships is at the very heart of everything we do.