PenPal Readers discussion

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"LETTERS OF LOVE FOR THE ELDERLY"



Join us in this special activity to support the "Love for the Elderly"
charity by writing a letter to a senior citizen in a nursing home to brighten up their day!

Many senior citizens living in nursing facilities and retirement homes report feeling lonely, isolated, or even depressed. The "Love for the Elderly" charity was started by a 13yr old teen who wanted to do something to touch the lives of these elderly, after his grandpa passed away.

I'm hoping that PenPal Readers members will join me this month in writing a letter. It can be short or long, you can send a letter or a card. You can write about yourself and where you live, you can share a poem, draw a picture, you can write about a favorite book. Optionally, you can include anything flat like a postcard or sticker or bookmark too.

Please see the next post below for more information and the mailing address to send your letter(s). The charity will distribute the letters to senior citizens in retirement homes and nursing homes throughout the USA.

Please comment below if you'll join us in this activity! Tell us where your letter will originate from! Update your post when you've mailed your letter! Let's see how many senior citizens we can share some joy with this month!

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Letter Writing Guidelines:

✔️Letters can be written in any of the following languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish.

✔️Letters can be written by all ages, children included. If you have kids home for holidays, have them write a letter/draw a picture too 😊

✔️You can write as many letters as you like. Each letter does not have to be in its own envelope, however a decorated envelope they open first is a nice added touch.

✔️Creativity is welcome! Quotes, poems, drawings, stickers, bookmarks, postcards etc…

❌Letters should not be dated, nor addressed to a specific name/gender

❌Do not include a return address on the individual letters. This is anonymous letter-writing to brighten the day of a senior. You will not receive a response to your letter.

❌Letters should not include any religious, sexual, or controversial content.

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MAIL YOUR LETTERS TO:
Love for the Elderly
P. O. Box 24248
Cleveland, OH 44124

(If you write more than one letter, you can send all your letters/individual envelopes in one larger batch envelope)

Charity website: http://www.lovefortheelderly.org/

Summary of Participants and # Letters:
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Anne, Austin TX - 3
Sylvia, Lincoln, CA - 2+
Kat, WA - 2
✔Diana, Australia - 3
Lucy Queen, Slovakia - 1+
Charlotte, UK - 1
Teena, Florida - 2

I'm in, and will have my kids each write a letter too! = 3
I'll write them in English, might try one card in French too!
From Austin, TX

I'm in! Will write a handful this weekend.

If I had known about this one week earlier, I would have had my students each write a letter too! I'm writing the website down and will do this next year with all my English and ELD students in October so they can be delivered by Thanksgiving!

Love, love, love that you posted this!

I will be mailing a couple postcards/cards from WA :)

I'll write a few (3) this weekend. What a wonderful initiative, thanks for bringing it to my attention. From Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

Sylvia, Kat, Diana, LucyQueen - THANK YOU all sooooo much for signing up, you will really make someone's day, and I think it will be extra special for the recipients to receive letters from around the world! YAY!

I'm definitely in! Sending mine from the UK.

I just got my cards done. I used Indigenous designs notecards and wrote about different things in each one - my cat, my stitching hobby and Aussie Rules football.
Will post tomorrow as today is a public holiday.

I'm in! It is a great idea! I will probably do 2. From Florida, USA.

Hello. I wanted to inform you that I have sent my two letters already. It was so much fun to create these letters, and hopefully brings joy to the ones who receive it. Thank you for the opportunity. :)