Students make connections through SHINE

The SHINE project is a great way for students to learn about the world, while helping a group of immigrants who are usually ignored. These are elderly immigrants who are very isolated here. - - Donna Poisl

by Zac Owen

Students are able to meet and work with elderly immigrants through the Project SHINE program.
 
Students have the opportunity to meet people from around the world and do community service through Project SHINE,  Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders. Turning students into teachers, SHINE helps integrate elderly immigrants and refugees through English language and civics education. 

SHINE began as a resource for isolated immigrants in 1985, when Nancy Henkin, director and founder of Temple’s Intergenerational Center, read an article about a Hmong woman in  Philadelphia  who had committed suicide.
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