2025 Programs of Excellence - Intergenerational
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Every year NCOA’s National Institute of Senior Centers honors outstanding efforts made by senior centers across the nation to offer innovative, creative, and impactful programs for older adults. Each program is proof of the important work that happens at senior centers. And these programs serve as models for senior center staff across the country to implement in their communities. Join us for our Programs of Excellence webinar series where we highlight each category with a presentation by a subject matter expert and the winning programs.
This webinar features the Intergenerational category. This award category highlights programs that create opportunities for meaningful multigenerational engagement. While this always includes older adults, it might also include young children to adults. Programs in this category may include one-time events or new frameworks for operations. Special emphasis on strategies that expanded reach in terms of new partners, new participants, or increased engagement.
In this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Highlight best practices from Programs of Excellence programs.
2. Describe innovative, creative, and impactful programs for older adults.
3. Analyze innovative ways senior centers have created opportunities for meaningful multigenerational engagement
Pamela Ward
Assistant Director
Liberty Senior Center
Pamela Ward has a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health Education and a Master’s Degree in Teaching. She taught elementary school for six years and then spent time at home raising her three children. After becoming a Master Naturalist, she worked for twelve years in the Baltimore County Park system leading field trips, a children’s garden club, and teaching home school and preschool classes. In April 2023, Pam began working as the Assistant Director of Liberty Senior Center. She enjoys working with seniors, and especially loves seeing the friendships between members grow. In her free time, Pam enjoys hiking, camping, gardening, singing in a barbershop quartet, and spending time with family and friends.
Macy Trueblood
Recreation Supervisor
Community Services Department | City of Calabasas
Although new to Calabasas, Macy has been in the Parks and Recreation industry for almost 20 years. She worked in the next county over as a supervisor overseeing Aquatics and Sports, Special Events and Marketing and now is overseeing the Senior Programming for the Calabasas Senior Center. Macy has two young children and enjoys being outdoors, whether that is camping or being at the beach.
Carol Davis
Co-founder
Calabasas Senior Center
Carol, a transplanted New Yorker, is the Co-Founder of the Calabasas Senior Center and the Founder of the Caring Calabasas Club. She also serves on the Advisory Board. Before retiring she was the founder and principal of Davis Market Research LLC for 35 years. She and her husband of 60 years, Bill, live in Calabasas and are lucky to have their two sons and four grandchildren living in Calabasas as well. She earned her Master of Science in Business from NYU.
Laura Weisshar
Advisory Board Member
Calabasas Senior Center
Laura was a CPA and for over 30 years served in various executive roles for a national health care organization, including the positions of CFO and Controller. She now enjoys “giving back” to the community by volunteering at the Calabasas Senior Center as an Advisory Board Member as well as the Chair of the Excellence Committee. She adores spending time playing with her 7 grandkids!
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