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Lester School is offering older adults in the community a unique opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life.

The school is seeking volunteers to participate in its new Grandfriends initiative, launched this year in cooperation with a special Downers Grove Township committee.

The program is open to all Downers Grove adults [...]

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GrandFriendships Initiative

On January 25, 2010 By

The Township is working on a new initiative called “GrandFriendships”. We are partnering with Lester Elementary School to begin this exciting endeavor. GrandFriendships are comfortable, two-way connections between children and trustworthy, available senior, family or non-family, who live near one another. With parent support and permission, GrandFriendships can occur in families, neighborhoods, schools [...]

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GrandFriendships

On July 14, 2009 By

What are GrandFriendships?

GrandFriendships are “comfortable two-way connections between children and trustworthy related or non-related seniors who live near one another.” The most time-honored examples of these connections are those between caring grandparents and grandchildren. However, in today’s fragmented society, additional GrandFriendships are much needed by both generations” according to Helene Block Fields, intergenerational [...]

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