Program builds connections between the very old and the very young
October 26, 2019

WILLMAR—Dorothy Benson wore a big smile as she rolled her wheelchair out of the community room at the Carris Health Rice Care Center.
“That was a lot of fun,” she beamed.
She and a handful of other elderly residents had just spent the morning with a roomful of preschoolers from Loving Arms Childcare, pretending they were at a Renaissance fair and enjoying snacks and music.
The intergenerational program between the Rice Care Center and the day care center brings together the very old