Advocacy and Community Involvement

Generations recognizes the importance of being active members of the community to advocate for the children and seniors we serve. Generations’ staff serves on numerous committees and boards to help to improve services to families.
Generations’ President has chaired the Early Childhood Advocacy Committee, is past-President of the local chapter of the National Association for Women Business Owners, and serves on the board of the Genesee Community Charter School and the finance committee of the Rochester Catholic Diocese.

The Elder Care staff are active with the Alzheimer’s Association and NYS Adult Day Services Association. Other community involvement includes representatives on the NYS board of the National Child Care Association, RAEYC (Rochester Association for the Education of Young Children) board and the Oversight Committee for the Lyell-Otis Neighborhood group. Generations is firmly committed to helping families obtain quality day care regardless of income and actively participates in several advocacy efforts towards that goal. This includes participating in local early childhood advocacy groups, lobbying at the state and national level for support in government budgets, participating in the Childrens Defense Fund conferences, and contributing to Rochester's annual United Way Campaign and other local charitable organizations.

Generations partners with Joining Hearts and Hands in an effort to raise money to build an early education school in Kenya

About Joining Heart and Hands Ltd.
Founded by well-known and respected educators Dr. William Cala and his wife Joanne, strives to improve academic opportunities and living conditions for children of poverty in Western Kenya and Northeastern Tanzania. The Calas personally direct and manage each project, without salary or reimbursed travel expenses. Each year, two months are spent on the ground in rural Africa, visiting over 100 orphaned scholarship students, promoting small business enterprises in very poor HIV infested areas, building new school kitchens, latrines and classrooms to provide healthier academic environments.

Hannah's Hope
Hannah Congdon along with four beloved friends died in a tragic automobile crash just days after they graduated from Fairport High School. Hannah dreamed of becoming a teacher in Africa to help preschoolers thrive, grow, learn and have a better way of life. In memory and with much joy, in January 2009, Hannah's Hope was officially opened in Katito, Kenya. Hannah's family and friends accompanied Bill and Joanne Cala to open this Early Childhood Center and they welcomed 42 Kenyan preschoolers and their teachers into their new classrooms, school kitchen, latrines and fun playground. Generations and Light Spec would like to expand on this dream by helping to raise funds for a second Early Childhood Center.

Mission Statement
Joining Hearts and Hands, Ltd. promotes improved educational, health and economic conditions for African orphans and their communities by building schools, sponsoring health clinics, providing secondary scholarships, and nurturing sustainable development initiatives - all to promote dignity, opportunity and hope.

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