The Exchange brings an older adult and a teen together for a guided conversation about choices, challenges, skills, hopes, and what each generation can teach the other. Teens ask elders about the people who guided them, lessons learned, and advice they wish they had received. Elders ask teens what they care about, what they are navigating, and what adults may misunderstand. Each pair ends by sharing something they learned from the other.

Pairs converse within the shared program room, with facilitation and Library staff present. Participation and any guardian permissions will follow Library requirements. This is a single guided exchange; it does not require participants to commit to an ongoing mentorship relationship. However it could forge intergenerational bonds long term such as pen pals.