Emphasizing lifelong learning as a key ingredient to wellness is especially important for older adults, and nonprofit organizations can play a vital role by providing access to STEAM resources.
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Hands-on STEAM experiences promoting lifelong learning, cognitive health, creativity, and connection for older adults.
STEAMwSeniors Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to empowering those who serve older adults through engaging STEAM—science, technology, engineering, arts, and math—experiences that promote lifelong learning, creativity, and well-being.
Our work is guided by three core pillars: a Resource Hub, Guidance and Support, and Community Grants—each designed to expand access, build confidence, and create opportunities for engagement.
We partner with senior community leaders across independent living, assisted living, memory care, senior centers, and healthcare to foster lifelong learning, creativity, and connection.
We believe meaningful engagement does not end with age. Through STEAM and shared learning, we help:
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Please look through our website and enjoy the learning content.
Members can explore a wide range of content, including intergenerational programs, Stories in STEAM, makerspace ideas, memory care activities, STEAM cards and teasers, legacy storytelling, technology support, and curated learning resources.
We also support senior centers and community organizations in building sustainable STEAM-based programs that fit their unique needs.
Become a member for free and access our growing content and resource library!
This is a good overview of our programs and what we would love to see going in in senior organizations across the country!
This segment talks about our Legacy in Stories Project, where we help seniors write their life stories to pass out to their families.
Developed through hands-on experience in senior communities, the STEAMwSeniors Wellness Wheel reflects a holistic approach to engagement—supporting physical, cognitive, emotional, and social well-being through meaningful STEAM-based experiences.
Please reach us at clgingerich@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. More importantly, STEAM reflects how the real world works—through connection, creativity, discovery, and collaboration. These disciplines are not isolated subjects; they work together every day to shape how we solve problems, communicate ideas, create innovations, and better understand the world around us.
We teach STEAM because it encourages curiosity, lifelong learning, meaningful engagement, and human connection. Through hands-on and purpose-driven experiences, STEAM can promote cognitive wellness, creativity, confidence, and social interaction for people of all ages.
We partner with colleges and institutions of higher education, local k-12 school districts, retirement centers and communities, and caregivers. Most importantly, we seek to form relationships with people and organizations to build purpose-built STEAM-based programs as a means to promote mental health and wellbeing.
We provide a range of support designed to help individuals, organizations, and communities bring meaningful STEAM experiences to older adults.
Please send inquiries to steamwseniors@gmail.com. We want to hear from you how we can help or work together!
B. B. King
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