In today’s fast-paced digital age, instant communication is the norm. But, the notifications and pings of our devices can become overwhelming. People seemed to have left the art of letter writing in ...

Puterbaugh Upper Elementary students greeted visitors from Ireland Friday and offically kicked off a pen-pal program that will teach not only McAlester students, but also those they’re writing to ...

Conversations with children can be the purest and most genuine an adult may ever have. And these conversations can be in person or in writing. Yes, I said writing – not texting, tweeting or sending an ...

In the hope of reviving letter writing, BBC North West Tonight has launched a pen pal project.

Minnesota teacher Sarah Coffing initially hesitated taking on a pen pal exchange with the neighborhood retirement home, where a group of teachers had created a “Retired Teachers Club.” But now in the ...

STAUNTON — Taya Blackwell wants to help people or maybe animals when she grows up. So when the 9-year-old was matched with Kara Butler, a Staunton police officer, as a pen pal, she couldn’t have been ...

The U.S. Postal Service has announced a education program for students to build friendship and understanding through writing pen pals. Working with WeAreTeachers, The USPS Pen Pal Project announced ...

Some people have one pen pal they exchange letters with on a regular basis. Megan Warantz, a 60-year-old television and movie producer from Oceanside, has 18. Melissa Bedell, a 44-year-old director of ...

Until about a year ago, I had never bought stamps. I knew how to send mail, thanks to an elementary school lesson tucked away in the recesses of my memory, but I could probably count the number of ...

My 95-year-old mother was struggling to hear me on the phone, and it was apparent it was time to turn to the most direct and sincere method of communication. I started writing her letters. She likely ...

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