SeedsToSuccess

Report on
SEEDS TO SUCCESS
Conference, April 14, 2000

Generations Together, University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

The Seeds to Success Conference was co-sponsored by
Generations Together and United Way of Allegheny County.

SEED GRANTS FOR INTERGENERATIONAL PROJECTS

On July 17, 2000 an awards event was held at United Way to acknowledge 24 recipients of their new seed grant awards to develop intergenerational programs during the project year August 1, 2000 - July 31, 2001.

Purpose of Seed Grants:
The primary purpose of the seed grants is to generate new intergenerational projects in the region that address the problems (e.g. school dropouts, social isolation) of inadequate support groups for young and old. The seed grants are also intended to encourage working partnerships between agencies that serve children and youth and those that serve older adults. We hope that the projects developed through these grants will encourage new intergenerational collaboration among the region's agencies and systems.

Amount of Award: $1,500
Length of Award: 12 months

Questions:
Contact Sally Newman (412) 648-7155 or Allison Nichols (412) 648-7152 at Generations Together at the University of Pittsburgh.

The awardees of the 2000 Seeds to Success Conference are:

Barbara W. Rogers Executive Director Christian Life Skills, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 15208	*Elder/Youth-Mentor/* *Mentee* *Partnership Program*	Pastor Mark Richardson Lincoln Avenue Church of God Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Susie Aufderheide Sewickley Valley YMCA Sewickley, PA 15143	*Sewickley* *Community Gardens*	Beverly Whitlock Sewickley Community Center Sewickley, PA 15143
Sister Barbara Ann Boss Executive Director Elizabeth Seton Children's Center Pittsburgh, PA 15226	*Seeing Pittsburgh* *with New Eyes*	Sister Mary Joseph McElhinny Executive Director Elizabeth Seton Senior Center Pittsburgh, PA 15226
Carol Miloszewski Ambridge Area High School Ambridge, PA 15003	*Home Safe Home*	Nancy Shade Adult Resources Coraopolis, PA 15108
Susan Martell Ambridge Area High School Ambridge, PA 15003	*History through the* *Eyes of Keenagers*	Nancy Shade Adult Resources Coraopolis, PA 15108
Jennifer Carr Valley Care Adult Day Services Ambridge, PA 15003	*Generations Growing* *Together*	Carol Miloszewski Ambridge Area High School Ambridge, PA 15003
Susan Lewandowski Executive Administrator Baptist Homes of Western PA Pittsburgh, PA 15234	*Hand in Hand*	Sharon J. Schweninger Executive Director Mt. Lebanon Extended Day Program at 489 Howe School Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Charlen Kline Nursing Home Administrator Concordia Lutheran Ministries Cabot, PA 16023	*T.O.M.M.Y. CLUB* *(Together Older Adults* *Making Memories* *with Youth)*	Ellen Knox InnerChange Director Family Guidance, Inc. Sewickley, PA 15143
Yamuranai Kurewa Neighborhood Centers Assoc. Limbach Center Pittsburgh, PA 15212	*Intergenerational* *Program*	Melinda Charneco Administrative Manager Family Growth Center/ Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Christine T. Hollas Canterbury Place Pittsburgh, PA 15201	*Puppet Pals*	Rev. Keith Grill St. John's Lutheran Church Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Gretchen Stiehl Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 15201	*Fun with Friends*	Gretchen Stiehl Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Sr. Janice Marie Blados Nazareth Center, Inc./ Nazareth Family Services Pittsburgh, PA 15229	*Single Parent Respite* *Care Program:* *Nazareth Family*	Christine Zarnich Goodwill Plaza Pittsburgh, PA 15206

The purpose of the Seeds to Success Conference was two-fold; to bring together representatives from social service agencies in Allegheny County and surrounding counties to discuss how intergenerational programs can address and resolve some of the problems confronting their communities; and to begin a process of preparing social service professionals to develop successful intergenerational programs.
Invited to the conference were representatives of agencies serving the community's children, youth and older adult populations. The conference activities were designed to support the attending professionals in their intergenerational initiatives by helping them find partners to collaborate in intergenerational program development and by providing initial training in skills needed for successful program development. To help motivate the participants in this process, Seeds to Success made available to all participants mini-grant applications for two partnering agencies, one serving children and youth and one serving older adults, who would collaborate in the development of an intergenerational program.

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