A Partnership of Youth & Older Adults

DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program is a member program of the 2024-2025 Tallahassee/Leon County Community Human Service Partnership (CSHP) 

DRMI is actively recruiting:
* Youth ages 8-18 interested in learning technology skills including virtual reality, artificial intelligence
* Youth wanting to volunteer in their community teaching older adults digital and internet integrity, and cybersecurity.  
* Youth are designated as: Navigators (ages 8-12), Demonstrators (ages 13-16), Facilitators (ages 17-18) 
* Older adults interested in serving as mentors for youth and sharing their knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) via virtual platforms called Senior Moments.

To register, click below or scan the QR code 

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Youth "Geek" Application
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Adult Volunteers
DRMI Geeks & Gramps Frenchtown Edition!
Thanks to the Community Engagement Fund and the Neighborhood Affairs Division of the City of Tallahassee for funding our first class of the Frenchtown Edition of the DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program, and location partner for the Microsoft Office Certification Program - Mt. Olive Affordable Housing & CDC!
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Personalities & Communication 2
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Communication Challenge
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Stress Management for youth - body outline with areas of stress & coping skills
Other Components of the Summer Program included Microsoft Office training at the computer lab of Mt. Olive Affordable Housing and CDC in Frenchtown.

When nonprofits and businesses partner - success is inevitable! 
​Introducing the DRMI Geeks & Gramps Virtual Reality Amusement Park

Thanks to a generous grant from the Children's Services Council of Leon County, in partnership with​ Covalent Reality, the DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program conducted our launch on August 27th at the Jake Gaither Community Center in Tallahassee, which allowed youth to partner with older adults in a fun and engaging virtual reality amusement park designed just for them.

DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program Launches 
​SENIOR MOMENTS

DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program is proud to share its SENIOR MOMENTS series.  Meet our exemplary seniors, Mrs. Nancy O'Farrell, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Health, Tallahassee Chapter and Mr. Byron, Community Advocate.  Click their pictures below to view their full stories on the DRMI Geeks & Gramps YouTube channel.  Senior Moments offers seniors an opportunity to share their thoughts, feelings, expertise, passions, advice and words of wisdom with other seniors and youth in our community. WE ARE SEEKING OTHER SENIORS TO SHARE YOUR STORY. Please complete our volunteer application.

DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program Highlighted in Our Main Sponsor (RRF Foundation for Aging) Issue Brief 

Engaged and Thriving: Promoting Social and Intergenerational Connectedness highlights the crisis of #socialisolation and #loneliness and introduces some of the solutions that @RRFAging is supporting including the DRMI Geeks & Gramps Program. Click either picture to learn more. ​

Check Us Out On WCTV (click the picture)

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
​DRMI's Geeks & Gramps (grandparents) Program is a secular (non-religious) program that provides FREE technology support and training for older adults facilitated by youth ages 8-18.  
“Having a meaningful life doesn’t necessarily mean that life needs to be pain-free or without physical impairment or functional limitations. What it means is to remain engaged humanly, and get enough support from others or technology to engage in the activities that matter, that make life meaningful.”
–Carol Gill, PhD (APA Monitor, December, 2017)
​In case you missed it live, visit DRMI's YouTube Channel