
Our Mission
Fostering intergenerational connections through the exchange of experience
Who We Are
Youth x Senior Buddies is a project seeking to revive personalized, profound interaction between two seemingly polarized groups in society: young adolescents and senior citizens. In the face of a global crisis, we must force ourselves to confront and rethink our approaches to the behaviors we have normalized; we must embrace the endless ways in which we can positively impact and stand with the communities around us - and actively work towards implementing them. Through YSB, we aim to mitigate the vulnerability often experienced by the senior community (and heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic) by reducing the notion of isolation and elucidating the concept of aging to younger individuals.
How We Do It
YSB employs video conferencing services to collaborate with senior care centers in organizing virtual sessions where volunteers are able to engage in friendly interaction with the residents. These sessions will be personalized based on the availability and interests of both the volunteers and residents to maximize the quality of the experience, and will foster a healthy environment for personal development and growth.
Our Unique Approach
Instead of pairing one volunteer with one senior, we match small groups of volunteers with small groups of senior citizens. We believe such mini group settings facilitate the exchange of more diverse perspectives and allow volunteers and seniors from different cities and states to interact with each other. We are also expanding to have seniors from different centers virtually mingle with one another.
Our Services
We encourage you to sign up to be a volunteer or register your senior care center if any of these appeal to you!
Topic-Based Discussions
We collaborate with our volunteers and senior residents to select preferred topics of interest, such as current affairs or Ted Talks, and train our volunteers to hold strong conversation with the residents to improve communication skills and foster lasting connections.
Music/Instrument Showcases
Volunteers with a passion for music can sing, play, and showcase their talent during sessions and engage the residents in a lively experience. Music is known for its positive and calming impact on the mind.
Arts/Crafts and Projects
We will be participating in community art projects such as themed decorating/painting of the care center windows as requested, as well as engaging in crafts such as origami during the video sessions.
Online Games
Volunteers and seniors can play online games like trivia, pictionary, hangman, solving puzzles, and many more.
Our Partners




Executive Team

Shrinandan Narayanan
Co Founder
Outreach Lead & Web Developer
Shrinandan is a junior at Cupertino High School. In his free time, he enjoys playing competitive volleyball, programming, and baking his favorite desserts.

Sriya Kudaravalli
Co Founder
Symposium & Advocacy Lead
Sriya is a junior at Rice University studying Public Health and Biochemistry. In her free time, she loves to talk and play board games with her grandparents, garden, and white-water raft.

Sindhuja Narayanan
Co Founder
YSB Educate Lead
Sindhu is a sophomore at the University of Washington studying Medical Anthropology and Global Health. She enjoys exploring the scenic outdoors, playing basketball, and whipping up new recipes.

Sahith Kudaravalli
Co Founder
Sahith is a high school senior at Bellarmine College Preparatory. Sahith is a natural gourmet chef and enjoys making good food. Come a sunny day, Sahith will be out biking with his friends.
Leadership

Harshal Panda
Outreach

Sargun Dhillon
Outreach

Khushi Kanchibotla
Outreach

Maya Lee
Outreach

Aiden Olsen
Education

Shreya Senthil
Education

Katherine Cordova
Education

Anika Ajwani
Symposium & Advocacy

Evelien van Gelderen
Symposium & Advocacy

Vibha Sathish Kumar
Symposium & Advocacy

Iona Xia
Graphic Design
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Raashi Sachdeva
Graphic Design
Volunteers
Harshal Panda
Evelien van Gelderen
Katherine Cordova
Sudeepthi Ravipati
Sofia Ruiz
Paige Weldon
Lillian Baker
Xiaonan Ma
Maya Lee
Mays Abdulsatar
Iona Xia
Sargun Dhillon
Zamara Chisti
Alyssa Indrajaya
Faiza Awan
Shreya Senthil
Miles Qvale
Priyanka Francis
Tiffany Neher
Mehul Sharma
Aiden Olsen
Max Qvale
Madison Ferraro
Khushi Kanchibotla
Pavani Naidu
Stefano Schiattone
Raashi Sachdeva
Isha Sharma
Samantha George
Karen Trejo
Jada Blanshard
Emily Chow
Naveen Senthilkumar
Rahul Sista
Miti Parikh
Armita Nikbin
Gallery




Advocacy
Check out our first Geriatric Symposium
Testimonials
Coming Soon
Questions?
Contact us at youthseniorbuddies@gmail.com to get more information about our project!