May 3—WILKES-BARRE — Many older adults want to stay active and engaged with their community. Jill Emmert, director of the Foster Grandparent Program Luzerne/Wyoming Counties, part of Telespond Senior ...

Grandparents as Parents is a program for kinship caregivers in Knoxville/Knox County, TN. Many grandparent caregivers describe feeling alone in their child-raising efforts. Programs like Grandparents ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Health and Human Services is recruiting volunteers for its Foster Grandparent program, which connects older Texans with children in need of one-on-one emotional support, ...

May 15—WILKES-BARRE — The Foster Grandparent Program Luzerne/Wyoming Counties, part of Telespond Senior Services Inc., held Volunteer Recognition Luncheon from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, at The ...

Community leaders joined Senior Life Midland Foster Grandparents in Midland ISD classrooms to read MLK's "I Have a Dream" and ...

Foster grandparents work one-on-one with children, supporting their physical, mental, emotional and social development WILKES-BARRE — Many older adults want to stay active and engaged with their ...

The Foster Grandparent Program of Luzerne/Wyoming Counties, part of Telespond Senior Services Inc., held its Volunteer Recognition Luncheon from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, at The Woodlands Inn and ...

KALISPELL— It's been a year of heartfelt hugs for Linda Gimbel. Ever since the 72-year-old Kalispell grandmother became a volunteer Foster Grandparent last year, Gimbel has been "Grandma Linda" at ...

CROMWELL — For Villa Court resident Jo Schneider, it's the enthusiasm. When the fourth grade students walk into the cafe area of the assisted living center, she said, you can feel the energy shift.

Educators in Jackson County, West Virginia, are rallying around its small Foster Grandparents Program in schools after significant cuts and freezes in the nationwide program appear to have ended it.