Town Receives Intergenerational Grant

The intergenerational organization Bridges Together recently announced that the town is a recipient of a Community-Wide Intergenerational Leadership Team grant. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging, the grant will help create a community event designed to unite older adults and youth. Bridges Together will provide ongoing support and training, as well as help publicize the event.
Bridges Together Founder and Executive Director Andrea J. Fonte Weaver led a full-day training at the Ashland Community-Senior Center for the Ashland Intergenerational Leadership Team, comprised of representatives from Ashland Elder Services, Friends of the Ashland Library, Ashland schools, Youth and Family Services, Ashland Recreation Department, Ashland Historical Society, Decisions at Every Turn, Ashland Farmers Market, Arts! Ashland Alliance, Ashland Lions Club, Ashland Garden Club, Ashland BNI, Ashland Business Association and Ashland Center for Entrepreneurship.
These organizations will plan two events: The Ashland Garden Club will partner with a preschool and the Recreation Department to create a pollinator garden and the Historical Society will partner with Youth and Family Services and Decisions at Every Turn to work on an oral history project with adults aged 80+ and youth from the middle and high schools.