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Podcast: cityCURRENT Radio Show
Episode: Radio Show: Porter-Leath's Generations and 50th Anniversary of Foster Grandparents Program
Description: Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Judy Rautine, Generations Manager with Porter-Leath, who highlights how the Memphis, Tennessee based nonprofit empowers children and families to achieve a healthy, optimal and independent lifestyle, and then details some of their specific programs, including Generations, the home for AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Senior volunteers at Porter-Leath. Generations helps to fill the gap, bringing children in need together with adults and seniors in a mutually-beneficial service experience. During the interview, Judy talks about the AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors who serve as Foster Grandparents in local classrooms. The AmeriCorps Seniors are role models...