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The benefits of intergenerational community service projects — implications for promoting intergenerational unity, community activism, and cultural continuity
Author(s)	Matt Kaplan
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 28, no 3, 1997
Pages	pp 211-227
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Young people ; Age groups [elderly] ; Community work ; Development projects ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; United States of America.
Annotation	The focus of this paper is on the benefits associated with intergenerational community service programmes, which are designed to "engage citizens in activities and projects to benefit the community, and to meet unmet safety, human, education, or environmental needs". The aim is to provide additional case study data indicating that intergenerational community service programmes, when developed along sound programme planning principles, invoke powerful communication and social support dynamics that not only have a significant impact on the lives of the participants, but also generate community improvements and help establish a sense of cultural identity and continuity. This article reports on "Neighborhoods 2000", which was implemented in seven American neighbourhoods over a seven year period (1987-1994).
Accession Number	CPA-980219247 A
Classmark	SB: BB: IGC: IGD: RH: 7T
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