Project SHINE is a multicultural, intergenerational service‑learning initiative that is part of a national consortium.  SHINE mobilizes a diverse group of college students to provide language, literacy and citizenship tutoring to elderly immigrants and refugees in 14 cities across the country.  Students are matched with small groups of adult learners, or assist in ESL classes as “coaches” alongside ESL instructors at various community and senior centers around the area.  The main office of SHINE Philadelphia is located at Temple University, in the Center for Intergenerational Learning.  Students tutor at social services agencies, senior centers, cultural associations, Buddhist temples and churches across the city. The learners come from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures.