by Lesley Forrester | Sep 24, 2019 | Intergenerational Living, Seniors Helping Others
The Foster Grandparents Program in the United States had its origin in the 1964 federal War on Poverty legislation. The program aims to give seniors across the country a purpose in retirement by providing some of the neediest children with mentors and giving...
by Lesley Forrester | Sep 16, 2019 | Activism, Legacy, Seniors Helping Others
The first group of Raging Grannies came together in a loosely knit fashion as anti-nuclear activists calling themselves “NERT — Nuclear Emergency Response Team.” When they began in 1987, they were eleven white, nearly all middle-class,...
