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Generations INCORPORATED
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uniting older adults and youth in partnership to strengthen individuals and communities
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Dear Friends,
As we close Fiscal Year 2012, I would like to thank the hundreds of people who make our work possible. Cat includes you and so many others who believe in our mission. Our intergenerational work continues and thrives, helping thousands of children learn to read better and more Duently and at the same time providing meaningful service forolder adults who are helping those children succeed.
It has been a great year with lots of changes. Our national partner, Experience Corps, merged with AARP nearly a year ago. Ce program is now called AARP Experience Corps and truly leverages AARP’s capacity to engage older adults in service. As an aEliate, our program here in Greater Boston remains one of the largest and most eFective in the nation.
I have been proud to share the leadership of Generations Incorporated the past three years with President Samantha Levine, who has brought incredible leadership and strategic thinking to our organization. Sam is stepping down as President, and will thankfully remain on the board. Coming on as President will be Carol Kamin. Carol is the former President and CEO of Children’s Action Alliance, helping inDuence policies and decisions aFecting children in Arizona. She has been a consistent and passionate voice for children for over 30 years and brought that passion to Generations Incorporated as a volunteer, and eventually a board member. I look forward to working very closely with Carol as we begin implementation of our new strategic plan.
For much of the year we have been involved in a rigorous business planning process, sponsored by the Barr Foundation and led by the Bridgespan Group. Over the next three years, we will reGne our programs, build stronger infrastructure and service delivery systems, and develop new evaluation tools. I look forward to sharing this plan with you in the coming months.
We have also made big investments in technology and training. Our data collection and analysis systems have been dramatically improved. We purchased laptop computers for all 17 of our program locations so that data can easily be collected. And when we track data, it goes straight into our new Salesforce database, which is cloud based and allows us to manage and track workDow, donations, and communications all in real-time. Cis has resulted in better program management and faster reporting.
Sadly, we lost one of our biggest champions & supporters, Lorraine Tegan who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. For over seven years, Lorraine served on our Board of Directors and as a volunteer in our programs.
In the pages that follow, you will read about our highly successful program. We are proud of these accomplishments, and continually grateful for the support of so many of you who make our work possible. It is because of you -- our generous donors, volunteer members and friends— that we have improved the literacy ability of so many of Greater Boston’s children and the life experiences of older adults. It is also on behalf of these children and the older adults that I thank you.
Gratefully,
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87% of teachers stated that the presence of a volunteer member in the classroom gave them extra time to assist students struggling academically
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Dear Friends,
As we close Fiscal Year 2012, I would like to thank the hundreds of people who make our work possible. @at includes you and so many others who believe in our mission. Our intergenerational work continues and thrives, helping thousands of children learn to read better and more Auently and at the same time providing meaningful service forolder adults who are helping those children succeed.
It has been a great year with lots of changes. Our national partner, Experience Corps, merged with AARP nearly a year ago. @e program is now called AARP Experience Corps and truly leverages AARP’s capacity to engage older adults in service. As an aBliate, our program here in Greater Boston remains one of the largest and most eCective in the nation.
I have been proud to share the leadership of Generations Incorporated the past three years with President Samantha Levine, who has brought incredible leadership and strategic thinking to our organization. Sam is stepping down as President, and will thankfully remain on the board. Coming on as President will be Carol Kamin. Carol is the former President and CEO of Children’s Action Alliance, helping inAuence policies and decisions aCecting children in Arizona. She has been a consistent and passionate voice for children for over 30 years and brought that passion to Generations Incorporated as a volunteer, and eventually a board member. I look forward to working very closely with Carol as we begin implementation of our new strategic plan.
For much of the year we have been involved in a rigorous business planning process, sponsored by the Barr Foundation and led by the Bridgespan Group. Over the next three years, we will reDne our programs, build stronger infrastructure and service delivery systems, and develop new evaluation tools. I look forward to sharing this plan with you in the coming months.
We have also made big investments in technology and training. Our data collection and analysis systems have been dramatically improved. We purchased laptop computers for all 17 of our program locations so that data can easily be collected. And when we track data, it goes straight into our new Salesforce database, which is cloud based and allows us to manage and track workAow, donations, and communications all in real-time. @is has resulted in better program management and faster reporting.
Sadly, we lost one of our biggest champions & supporters, Lorraine Tegan who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. For over seven years, Lorraine served on our Board of Directors and as a volunteer in our programs.
In the pages that follow, you will read about our highly successful program. We are proud of these accomplishments, and continually grateful for the support of so many of you who make our work possible. It is because of you -- our generous donors, volunteer members and friends— that we have improved the literacy ability of so many of Greater Boston’s children and the life experiences of older adults. It is also on behalf of these children and the older adults that I thank you.
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[ PRINT | SHARE ]Senior volunteers go back to school
GI volunteer Ruby Howard, 67, with two Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School first-graders, (L toR) Liyah Cacho and Iyanna Raymond. (Fran Cronin photo)
By Fran Cronin
A gaggle of 5- and 6-years olds clomped down a flight of linoleum-covered stairs on their way to theirschool’s basement-level cafeteria.
It was the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend and the children were still energized from turkey, late nightsand few demands. It was hard to tell if they were just coming in or on their way out: their knitted hats,unzipped jackets and unecessary boots were askew.
But there was no mistaking their delight in seeing “Ms. Rose,” smiling at them from the bottom of the stairs.They waved, calling her name to get her attention as they continued their giddy march to lunch.
Ms. Rose, aka Charlotte Rose, 77, would agree she is gray-haired and seemingly grandmotherly toward theseDudley Street Neighborhood Charter School students, but she is also a tough and determined woman with amission.
For the past nine years, Ms. Rose has been a Generations Incorporated classroom volunteer working with GI’ssenior literacy program to help young readers in the greater Boston area.
“You come [into a kindergarten class] and some kids can’t read. Next year they are. I just like seeing how thekids progress,” says Rose.
As Rose’s almost decade-long stint as a GI tutor has taught her, helping is not always about reading. Somestudents do need help making sense of phonics; others may want a reading buddy or someone to snuggle upagainst when a story is being read aloud. Sometimes, they just want someone to listen as they talk.
“We’ve found kids love to read because of the relationship,” said Mary Gunn, GI’s executive director.
After all, Rose is retired, more grandmother than teacher, as are the seven other GI senior volunteers atDudley Street. A total of 132 students are evenly divided across the school’s four kindergarten and two-first
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grade classes. Two GI volunteers are assigned to each class.
This school and neighborhood is also Rose’s home. She grew up attending local Roxbury public schools andnow lives in Mission Hill, a two-bus ride from her home to Shirley Street in Roxbury where the new in-districtDudley Street charter school is located.
Three days a week Rose takes this 30-minute bus ride, puts on her forest green GI-emblazoned jacket, andvolunteers as a one-to-one tutor or in-class support with struggling young readers. She volunteers 15 hourseach week.
Her experience and commitment have also catapulted Rose to team leader of GI’s senior volunteers in theschool. GI follows the “five-star” national core standards for literacy training and Rose mentors her fellowsenior volunteers as well as her young charges.
Dudley Street opened its doors this past September. It’s a new school for Boston and it’s also a new school forGI’s senior volunteer program.
As the largest affiliate with AARP’s Experience Corps, GI now manages 250 GI-AARP volunteers with a goal of300 by the end of the year, said Katie Klister, GI’s director of volunteer management.
GI’s success is dependent on recruiting, training and retaining senior volunteers to its literacy program. Ofequal importance is the recruitment of participating schools. Of the 65 elementary schools in Boston, GIvolunteers in 10. In total, GI volunteers work in 13 elementary schools and four after-school programs in thegreater Boston area.
To address what Gunn calls “slippage” — especially for young, at-risk students — during the summer months,GI launched its first summer program last year. Forty-five students attended a four-week program with a one-to-one tutoring ratio. Gunn said the goal is to include another school this summer and double the number ofstudents in the program. Under development is a “Young Achievers Program” in Mattapan.
Of the GI-AARP partnership, Gunn said, “We’re part of a national program but still have our independence.That’s rare, and we’re proud of that participation.”
As a nonprofit, GI is not funded by AARP but applies for the bulk of its funds through the federal grantprograms that AARP sponsors. GI’s budget this year is $2.7 million, a third of which is allocated as stipends toits senior volunteers.
A good tutoring program, however, is not free. Rose, like the other GI senior volunteers in the school, may notbe paid for their time, but schools participating in GI’s literacy program do pay a sliding fee. For Bostonschools, the fee is between $5000 and $10,000 a year. Revere, Gunn said, pays $25,000.
With singular dependence on the quality and enthusiasm of its volunteer corps, Gunn said, “We are asinterested in our older adults as we are in our young children. We want to be the best place for seniors toserve.”
Along with dispensing stipends, GI has launched its “Act of Aging Initiative” to help its seniors make time toconnect and socialize. Volunteers meet once a month to plan activities from knitting to bowling, or just tohave a cup of coffee.
When Rose was asked about being a volunteer and GI’s senior outreach program, she said, “I’m always talkingabout how much I love the work.”
In 2009, after volunteering for her fourth year, GI presented Rose with its first John McCullough Service Awardfor her outstanding role as a reading coach at the JFK School in Jamaica Plain. Rose said she keeps the glassaward “on the bookshelf where I can see it.”
An original member of the 1950‘s Doo Wop group The Tune Weavers, promoted by Dick Clark and inductedinto the Doo Wop Hall of Fame in 2003, Rose still performs as a lead singer in shows up and down the eastcoast.
“She’s a busy woman with a busy life. We are lucky to have her,” said Gunn.
