For All Ages is a non-profit organization operating in the Farmington Valley with a mission to connect older adults with younger generations to change negative perceptions about aging and build cohesive, healthy communities. Connecting the generations has the power to change lives and communities. Communities have become segregated by age over the past 50 years, resulting in an increase in isolation and loneliness by older adults.A 2018 study by Cigna indicates that teens and young adults are self-reporting being lonely more often than older adults for the first time ever. Several indicators of social isolation and loneliness have been associated with poor health - research indicates that social isolation has negative health impacts equal to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Social connection, our primary mission, is the key to reducing loneliness and isolation. We are also focused on improving perceptions of aging since research shows that people with positive views of aging live 7.5 years longer and have reduced risk of dementia than people with negative views. Intergenerational connection is the key to changing these negative perceptions and reconnecting communities.