Senior Buddies
***Program on hiatus for the foreseeable future until we can find a more sustainable way to run it.
If you're interested in writing to seniors, please check out our Letters of Love.***
If you're interested in writing to seniors, please check out our Letters of Love.***
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Our Senior Buddy program is a pilot pen-pal program that we started in February of 2016. It connects seniors, who often experience loneliness and isolation, with young students. Over the course of a school year, they become pen-pals and have the opportunity to develop relationships through letter-writing. Although this program has just begun, it's already making huge strides and has impacted many lives!
In 2016-2017, we piloted our program with some enthusiastic students in São Paulo, Brazil who are learning English through pen-palling with elders in Portland, Maine! So far, it's been a roaring success, and we're so excited that the students and seniors have been able to reap mutual benefits from their monthly pen-pal writing! They've even had the opportunity to Skype with each other! Here's an example of the mark we've made on the lives of the buddies:
In 2016-2017, we piloted our program with some enthusiastic students in São Paulo, Brazil who are learning English through pen-palling with elders in Portland, Maine! So far, it's been a roaring success, and we're so excited that the students and seniors have been able to reap mutual benefits from their monthly pen-pal writing! They've even had the opportunity to Skype with each other! Here's an example of the mark we've made on the lives of the buddies:
This program wouldn't be possible without AMAZING KindnessAmbassadors, like Dani, who is helping to run this program in Brazil:
It warms our hearts so much to be able to build connections between youth and seniors! You can see more of the letter exchanges between the students and seniors on our Pinterest page.
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