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Pen-pal campaign unites generations
Pen-pal campaign unites generations By
Angelica Vecchiato, Youth Speak News February 24, 2021
A Vancouver group connecting seniors and youth is throwing it back to the past by reviving a bygone practice: pen-palling.
Volunteer Grandparents has started a correspondence program, Letters to Seniors, to serve seniors facing isolation and loneliness during the pandemic by connecting them with youth.
“When COVID made many of our traditional in-person activities impossible, such as connecting seniors in the elementary schools, we knew that we needed to do something to help the elderly connect, so we started the pen-pal program,” said Volunteer Grandparents’ Veronica Grossi, a 45-year-old Catholic who started the program.