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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

The Foster Grandparent Program of Luzerne/Wyoming Counties, part of Telespond Senior Services Inc., held its Volunteer Recognition Luncheon from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, at The Woodlands Inn and ...

Community leaders read to students about Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Thursday, January 16, 2026. (Courtesy Photo) In ...

During retirement, some seniors are trading quiet mornings for meaningful mentorship through the Foster Grandparent Program.

KALISPELL— It's been a year of heartfelt hugs for Linda Gimbel. Ever since the 72-year-old Kalispell grandmother became a volunteer Foster Grandparent last year, Gimbel has been "Grandma Linda" at ...

Educators in Jackson County, West Virginia, are rallying around its small Foster Grandparents Program in schools after significant cuts and freezes in the nationwide program appear to have ended it.