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The first introduces a model in which students in the last grade of primary school take the residents of a nearby service house outside. It is therefore very important that people of different generations and ages do things together. It breeds “generational Intelligence”, which is important in aging societies so that seniors do not become excluded from society. It is also important that the younger generations get to know the older population through doing things together. (Biggs & Lowenstein, 2011; Saarenheimo, 2014ab).

In another example, an outdoor friend is an elderly neighbor. There are many lonely elderly people in Finland whose families and relatives have either died or live far away from their loved ones. The tradition of informal neighbourhood assistance has also not been built in the fastgrowing big cities. That is why this campaign awakens new community and encourages neighbors to help each other under the wings of this campaign. The benefit can also be mutual, as the “helper gets” as well, as stated in the volunteer study (Yeung, 2005).