Phone: 608-362-9593
RSVP Intergenerational Programs
Demonstration Videos
America Reads
America Reads is a national program to assure that all students are able to read at grade level by third grade. Volunteers spend time each week with Kindergarten through Third Grade students in one-on-one and small group settings. Volunteers are grouped in teams for orientation, training, recognition and support.
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- America Reads volunteer Deborah Moore working with a student on developing reading skills.
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- America Reads volunteer Bill Pember working with an elementary student to develop reading skills.
B.A.B.E.S.
(Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies)
Trained volunteers use animal puppets to educate students about substance abuse, coping skills and peer pressure. Senior volunteers serve as role models, developing caring relationships with students over the course of the five weeks they are in the classroom.
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- Beloit BABES presentation at Robinson School
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- Janesville BABES presentation at Roosevelt school
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- Janesville BABES presenters: L to R: Linda Rufer (Early Bird), Roberta Woods (Myth Mary), Betty Gilbert (Bows), Pat Wagner (Buttons), Margaret Klein (Recovering Rhonda), Jerry Cox (Donovan Dignity)
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- L to R: Pat Wagner (Buttons), Jerry Cox (Donovan Dignity)
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- Sue Orr (Donovan Dignity)
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- Betty Gilbert (Bows), Margaret Klein (Recovering Rhonda)
Intergenerational Heroes
Volunteers partner with students in grades three through six for after-school programs. The volunteers model and teach fun, healthy activities and hobbies in small groups in the school. Hobbies taught include: making nutritious snacks, collecting (stamps, coins, sports cards), crafting, the art of clowning and needlework. RSVP volunteers fill the community need to provide structured after-school activities while students learn they are valued by adults in their communities.
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- Joyce Gray with her crocheting group
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- L to R: Ellen Bauer, Chris Tracey, Joyce Gray, Sue Ellen Madere, Diane Hoops, Deb Ulrich, Janet Kopp, Kathryn Bakke
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- Janet Kopp doing arts and crafts at Clinton Middle School
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- Ellen Bauer with her games group
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- Sue Ellen Madere with her cooking group at Clinton Middle School
Folk Fairs
Contributions of Different Cultures are half day and whole day events where students and seniors are brought together to share and learn from each other. Through hands-on activities, music, and food preparation students are taught an oral history lesson. Folk Fairs help to demonstrate and preserve our community and appreciation of the past. Hundreds of adults and thousands of students participate in our Folk Fairs every year.
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- David Thill giving students his wood burning exhibit
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- Victor Rufer giving his one room school exhibit
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- Judy Owens giving an embroidery exhibit
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- Andy Navaro’s leather tooling exhibit
