Youth-led · Community-rooted
Different generations. One community.
Students and older adults have more to share than we often make room for. We organize the projects, the visits, and the partnerships that bring them together.
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What brings us together
Good work starts
with showing up.
Sometimes connection begins with a game at a community center. Sometimes it starts with a handwritten letter, a research question, or a box of needed supplies.
Generations Together brings people of different generations together through service, shared experiences, and everyday acts of care. We believe meaningful connections begin when people simply show up for one another.
Our approach / 01—03
What dowe do?
Service Projects
From care-item collections to holiday initiatives, students help meet practical needs with thoughtful, organized community support.
Intergenerational Programs
We create opportunities for young people and older adults to connect through shared activities, conversation, and creativity.
Youth Leadership
Students can volunteer, lead initiatives, present research, and help build long-term programs with community partners.
Some recents / Featured / From our community
Where people meet the work.
Letters Across Generations
Spread kindness through handwritten letters and cards! Volunteers create heartfelt messages for older adults, delivered to senior citizens at our partner senior communities.
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Hug in a Mug
Give a mug a second life! Volunteers bring clean, gently used mugs or tumblers and fill them with small comforts and handwritten notes to brighten the days of homebound older adults of Interfaith Community Services.
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Youth Research Collective
Explore meaningful community issues through student-led research and present your findings to live audiences. Earn recognition and get your work published.
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Christmas Bundles of Joy
Help bring holiday cheer to older adults by collecting gifts and essential supplies, decorating holiday bags, and assembling thoughtful Christmas bundles for YWCA's senior communities and homebound residents.
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Holiday Lights Hanging
Help spread holiday cheer by hanging Christmas lights and decorating senior living communities in partnership with AllThrive 365, creating a festive and welcoming atmosphere for older adults.
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In their words
“I only really came to volunteer for a few hours. But I think I keep coming back for the people.”
Generations Together, connecting youth volunteers with older adults, teaches younger generations how much older adults have to share, and how much we can learn from each other.
There's room for you here.
Every connection starts somewhere.
Whether you have an afternoon to give, a skill to share, a story to tell, there’s a place for you in our community.