Unlikely friendship blossoms during the pandemic
and last updated 2021-04-29 18:47:58-04
Looking back on the year 2020, it wasn't easy meeting new people and making new friends, but that wasn't the case for everyone. With the help of Wilshire Health and Community Services, what started as weekly conversations between two strangers has blossomed into a special friendship.
Through Wilshire's Caring Callers program, home-bound, older adults are connected with community volunteers, which is how 37-year-old Cierra Savatgy- King was connected with 97-year-old Bonnie Miller.
These two women have been talking mostly on the phone every week since the start of the pandemic.