1. Eskaton Kids Connection
“One Nation Under Age”
#KidsConnection
@Eskaton
A way to communicate

2. Today’s Presenters Betsy Donovan Senior VP, Chief Operating Officer
Adam Hill
Quality & Compliance, Programs & Standards
Bobbi Donovan
Twin Rivers School District Teacher

3. Eskaton Nonprofit since 1968 1,800 employees
Serving >12,000 seniors in Northern California
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care
Skilled Nursing
Adult Day Healthcare
Home Health & Private Duty
Affordable Housing
First form of mass communication

4. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge

5. Kids Connection Purpose
Create intergenerational engagement to enhance the lives of children and seniors.

6. Objectives Build mutual respect & compassion
Learn new perspectives on aging
Practice reading
Improve writing skills
Develop social skills
Learn technology
First form of mass communication

7. The Community Visits Skype e-mail Letter writing Classroom visit:
100th Day
gingerbread houses
Special outings:
community parties
photo displays
summer visits
Year 1436
Why: Society was ready for it. The rapid economic and socio-cultural development of late medieval society in Europe created favorable intellectual and technological conditions for Gutenberg's invention: the entrepreneurial spirit of emerging capitalism increasingly made its impact on medieval modes of production, fostering economic thinking and improving the efficiency of traditional work-processes. The sharp rise of medieval learning and literacy amongst the middle class led to an increased demand for books, which the time-consuming hand-copying method fell far short of accommodating.[16]

8. The Community Visits Kids visit communities 4-5 times per school year
Visits include:
singing
Poems
choral & buddy reading
writing
arts and crafts
lunch

9. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge

10. Questions?
Commercial radio began in 1920s, 1930s radio, women began professional jobs, 1933 Fireside chats began

11. Worksheet

12. Expanding 18 programs today
Expanding to include more schools and classrooms
Each Community pays for:
T-shirts
transportation
lunch
Name this movie? How many of you had AOL?
Time and Place has to be right for technology to be adopted by the masses
When You’ve Got Mail hit Hollywood, it wasn’t just about the power of and interpersonal communication – it opened us all up for the possibilities of the Internet.

13. Funding The Eskaton Foundation solicits donors to cover expenses
Name this movie? How many of you had AOL?
Time and Place has to be right for technology to be adopted by the masses
When You’ve Got Mail hit Hollywood, it wasn’t just about the power of and interpersonal communication – it opened us all up for the possibilities of the Internet.

14. Kit
A kit is provided to each participating teacher when funding becomes available

15. Animoto

16. Recognition Inspire Award Eisner finalist Twin Rivers School District
Multi media outlet
Imagination

17. Resources
Eskaton website – see Innovation, Eskaton Initiatives (
Twin Rivers Unified School District (
The Intergenerational School in Cleveland, Ohio (
Generations United (
The Intergenerational Center at Temple University (
Facebook.com/eskaton
#agewave

18. Questions

19. Eskaton Kids Connection
Thanks You!
A way to communicate