Brotherly Love: Project SHINE Helping Immigrant Elders (CBS News Story)
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Thousands of people immigrate to the United States every year. Elderly immigrants who don’t speak English can find themselves lonely in a new country. Now there’s a national effort to help, born in the city of brotherly love.
At the Coffee Cup Senior Center in Center City, class is in. Volunteers such as Elba Baldinger teach English to immigrants from China.
“Today we’re doing ‘going to the airport,’” Baldinger explained.
Philip Lai, director of the senior center, said, “I believe these students also learn a lot from the seniors.”
This is just one part of Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders), a Temple program that matches immigrants with American volunteers to ease their transition to a new culture.
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