INTERGERNERATIONAL PROGRAMSNEARLY THREE DECADES AGO, AUSTIN HEYMAN ESTABLISHED AND LED WHAT IS TODAY THE JCA HEYMAN INTERAGES CENTER. HE REMAINS A STATESMAN OF NATIONAL RENOWN IN THE INTERGENERATIONAL FIELD. THUS, IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP JCA HONOR HIM WITH THE MARGARET CUTLER INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD OF 2014.DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, 264 MEN AND WOMEN AGE 50 AND OLDER DONATED 6,607 HOURS OF SKILLED AND COMPASSIONATE VOLUNTEER SERVICE THROUGH THE HEYMAN CENTER, MENTORING AND TUTORING 651 AT-RISK CHILDREN TO IMPROVE THEIR LITERACY, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS EXPANDED THE CHILDREN'S WORLDVIEW AND PROVED THAT COMPASSION AND ABILITY ARE NOT LIMITED BY AGE.YOUNGSTERS SERVED AS INTERGENERATIONAL VOLUNTEERS, TOO! THIS YEAR, 359 OF THEM BEFRIENDED 264 FRAIL AND VULNERABLE ELDERS.WHAT WONDERS OUR VOLUNTEERS ACCOMPLISHED! FOR EXAMPLE: 40 OLDER VOLUNTEERS BROUGHT THE INTERAGES GRANDREADERS PROGRAM TO FIVE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES, READING EACH WEEK DURING THE SUMMER TO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE. MEANWHILE, OUR WORDS OF WISDOM PILOT PROGRAM ENABLED HIGH-SCHOOL SENIORS AND JUNIORS TO LEARN HISTORY FIRST-HAND FROM WORLD WAR II VETERANS. THOSE STUDENTS CREATED VIDEO DIARIES OF LESSONS SHARED AND LEARNED, AND THEN PRODUCED DVDS THAT HAVE BECOME TREASURED POSSESSIONS OF THE VETS, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FRIENDS AND, OF COURSE, THE STUDENTS, TOO. WE THANK BBYO (A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR JEWISH TEENS) AND CHARLES E. SMITH LIFE COMMUNITIES' RING HOUSE, REVITZ HOUSE AND LANDOW HOUSE FOR CO-SPONSORING WITH US OUR SECOND ANNUAL SENIOR PROM. IN ADDITION, WE THANK THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON FOR MAKING OUR PROM A PART OF GOOD DEEDS DAY 2014, AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.THIS YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED THE INAUGURAL ISSUE OF OUR INTERGENERATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER'S E-NEWSLETTER TO 2,800 PEOPLE IN THE GREATER D.C. AREA TO HELP PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LEARN FROM OUR SUCCESS IN BUILDING AGE-INTEGRATED COMMUNITIES.

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