A continuing care retirement community in California is taking resident engagement and intergenerational programming to the next level this summer by offering an on-campus camp for area fourth graders, and they are gleaning benefits in diverse areas.
Nineteen soon-to-be fourth grade students are attending day camp at Front Porch’s Villa Gardens CCRC in Pasadena two days a week for four weeks, free of charge. Villa Gardens is paying next to nothing for the program, which has earned the senior living community positive publicity. And the residents are socializing with and imparting wisdom on “the future of our country,” Brice Harris, a Village Gardens resident and the chairman of the summer camp project, tells Senior Housing News.
Add in the fact that the program helps the not-for-profit community maintain its 501(c)(3) status and it looks like turning the CCRC into a summer camp is an all-around win for Front Porch. The Front Porch family of companies includes 10 retirement communities that include independent living and a variety of other care levels.
