Navajo Nation  Foster Grandparent Program helps Navajo elders to keep active through community service by caring for or tutoring and mentoring Navajo children who are academically lagging behind.

More than 200 Navajo elders serve at the 68 Navajo Head Start Centers,  30 public, community and boarding schools and 12 day care centers on the Navajo Nation and towns bordering the Navajo reservation each year.

Elders tutor/mentor with reading, writing and language arts or assist with basic care for infant and pre-school kids.  Elders also help with preserving the Navajo language, heritage and culture by serving youth in the local school immersion programs.

If you are interested in donating to the program or would like to know more information, please contact:

Irene Eldridge, Program Specialist, Navajo Foster Grandparent Program, P.O Drawer 1390, Window Rock, Arizona  86515, (928) 871-6873 or 6869,  irene.eldridge@nndoh.org

Laverne Wyaco, Director, Navajo Area Agency on Aging, P. O. Drawer 1390, Window Rock, Arizona  86515 (928) 871-6783, laverne.wyaco@nndoh.org

Or go to the Contact Page to speak directly to the local program staff on specific services within the geographic location.

Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of more than half a million Americans age 55 and older to meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other areas. Senior Corps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America.