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Owen, Melissa; And Others – Small Town, 1996
An intergenerational project trained older adult volunteers from a small South Carolina community to teach vocational skills to students at a residential school for at-risk youth. Volunteers helped students with production and marketing of goods and services for six school-based companies. Benefits include enhanced sense of community for…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship