For months, third graders at Crooked Lake Elementary in Andover, Minnesota have been trading letters with pen pals a few generations older. On Friday, they finally met face-to-face. The pen pal ...

“Being pen pals makes me really feel special and makes me happy,” said 11-year-old Tristian Carter with a smile on his face. “Whether they know it or not, they’re learning,” Blaine said. The ...

PARMA, Ohio -- A friendship born out of smiles. That’s how Ridge-Brook Elementary School Kindergarten Launch Academy teacher Rebecca Kaminski describes the pen pal connection between 17 of her ...

EMMETSBURG, Iowa (KTIV) - In the digital age, a volunteer program is working to preserve the tradition of the hand-written letter, and they need help to make it possible. The “Northwest Iowa RSVP ...

Retired volunteers, coordinated through RSVP, Foster Grandparents, AmeriCorps/SeniorCorps, Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Lackawanna counties and the Campaign for National and Community Service, ...

After writing as pen pals since the first of the year, 51 Willett Elementary fourth-graders and their “senior buddy pen pals” at nearby Atria Covell Gardens exchanged gifts and letters in person for ...

NORWELL — The Cordwainer, a senior living community in Norwell, has teamed with Plymouth River Elementary School in Hingham for a pen pal program that bridges disparate generations through the ...

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Senior Center launched a program in the new year to have the older patrons become penpals with sixth grade students from North Dakota. BJ Smith, the manager of the ...

BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Branford seniors are teaching students cursive, how to read legal documents and other life skills. “Everybody’s texting, all their assignments go through computers,” said ...

NORTH MANKATO — After writing since January, Bridges Community School fourth grader Illy Anil has been looking forward to meeting her senior pen pal, Sherry Landrum. “It’s pretty exciting,” Anil said.

Jan. 7—LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Senior Center launched a program in the new year to have the older patrons become penpals with sixth grade students from North Dakota. BJ Smith, the manager of the ...