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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a recent luncheon celebrating the 60th anniversary of the foster grandparent program, volunteer Lynn Swan Sheppard of Point Breeze received the Directors Award. Linda Robinson loves children, and ...

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

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, ...

New York (Reuters Health) - A program for older people caring for their grandchildren may help improve the children's behavior, according to a new study from Australia. Researchers found families who ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Foster Grandparent Program, which connects volunteers ages 55 and older with opportunities to serve as mentors, tutors, and role models to children, is celebrating 60 ...

BOONE — Appalachian State University's award-winning Foster Grandparent Program, a subprogram of Appalachian Senior Programs (ASP), is celebrating 45 years in 2025. In recognition of volunteer service ...

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 ...