Residents at a North Carolina–based home correspond with pen pals. After nearly four months of being unable to have regular visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic, residents at the Victorian Senior ...

Self-isolation and shelter-in-place orders mean, among other things, that wanderlust is at an all-time high. But travelers are born innovators. Many are refusing to let the pandemic crush their bucket ...

COLOMA, Mich. (WSBT) — Fourth graders and veterans finally met face to face after a year-long pen pal connection. It was all a part of a pen pal program to enhance students’ reading and writing skills ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed a "progressive pen-pal program" in August 2020 to save the U.S. Postal Service — but eight months later, there's no sign of the program. "So one of the ...

LAS CRUCES – In an effort to connect students and New Mexico senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, a J. Paul Taylor Academy parent started a virtual pen pal program with hopes to expand the ...

Ned Felder and Kris Feeney met for the first time in November, 56 years after first corresponding during the Vietnam War Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

SUMMIT COVE ” Jacob Poehls didn’t like to read and write. The third-grader struggled, feeling the work had no purpose ” until he befriended Sgt. Baltazar Pineda, a Marine serving in Syria. “He needed ...

Kids can become pen pals with a sparkle-loving turkey, a cuddly cow, and more four-legged friends thanks to a new program from Pasado’s Safe Haven, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in Washington. Pasado’s ...

Erin DeJesus is contributing editor of Eater, and has held various writing and editing roles at the brand since 2010. A James Beard Award winner, she particularly loves working on stories about ...

Nearly four months into a strict no-visitor rule due to the coronavirus, an assisted living community in North Carolina tapped into the power of social media to get its residents connected with people ...