01.25.2023 “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” - Fred Rogers No matter the century, the country, the culture, or the setting: wherever you find children,...
01.16.2023 StudentsCare is turning 10 this year! As StudentsCare celebrates 10 years of service, we take a moment to look back at how far our organization has come and the impact it has had on hospitalized children and isolated older adults throughout the United States. In 2010,...
12.9.2022 Ashley found StudentsCare at the start of the pandemic. She had volunteered extensively in high school and was looking for a way to serve her community while at the University of Miami. Little did she know that this experience would have such a profound impact...
11.16.2022 Loneliness is a feeling of isolation. We’ve all experienced loneliness, at one time or another. For most of us, it’s just temporary. But for many older people, being isolated and lonely is a constant reality. According to recent studies, 43% of people aged 65 or older...
11.1.2022 As we announced earlier this month, StudentsCare has teamed up with CompanionForSeniors to offer our signature Senior Buddy Program internationally for the first time. And now the training has started. On October 22, the first training session on the CompanionForSeniors Buddy Program was held for the...
10.20.2022 What is GivingTuesday? “GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.” While it began at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, it has grown into...
10.05.2022 StudentsCare has teamed up with CompanionForSeniors to offer our signature Senior Buddy Program internationally for the first time ever. The CompanionForSeniors – Buddy Program is an initiative run by OurParents, a company based in India. OurParents was founded by Prajosh Balakrishnan to meet the growing needs of seniors in his community. The...
10.04.2022 StudentsCare has been selected as a beneficiary of the Fresco y Más Community Bag Program for the upcoming month of November. The Fresco y Más Community Bag Program, which launched in February 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to...
09.29.2022 Spark the Wave has renamed its annual award, given to a volunteer who has gone above and beyond that year and who is recognized for their outstanding service and dedication to the organization, to honor Katie Oleksiak. [caption id="attachment_16794" align="alignright" width="365"] Kathryn R. Oleksiak Extra...
09.06.2022 We all know that fundraising is a necessary part of any nonprofit organization's success and StudentsCare is no exception. That's just a fact of life. But don't despair! Fundraising can be fun and does not need to be “one size fits all”. You are an...