Intergenerational Cleanup Project

The idea of our community’s youth coming together to help their older neighbors is beginning to grow in Oneida County though the Intergenerational Clean Up Project. This intergenerational initiative spearheaded by the Oneida County Youth Bureau and Oneida County Office for the Aging/Continuing Care takes place two times a year (spring & fall) for older Oneida County residents. More than 500 young volunteers are recruited though connections made by the Oneida County Youth Bureau and were matched with individuals who needed assistance with yard work.

Because there are so many unmet needs of older persons living alone and struggling to maintain their homes, along with the success of this volunteer initiative, the Youth Bureau and Office for the Aging/Continuing Care have planned to make this an ongoing spring and fall program. Intergenerational Spring and Fall Cleanup is much more than a yard clean-up program.  It’s helping bring a culture of volunteerism and community engagement into our community to help those most in need.

Intergenerational Spring Cleanup is scheduled for the weekend of
April 28th and 29th 2012.
Registration Form for Spring Cleanup

For more information on this program call Oneida County Youth Bureau at 798-5027 or Oneida County Office for the Aging/Continuing Care at 798-5456.