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 ...
FORT SILL, Okla., July 30, 2020 -- In the inspirational words of award-winning writer Maya Angelou, “be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” A local military spouse has conceived the perfect way to do ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While serving our country in Vietnam in 1968, Army veteran Van Kolb chose a random envelope out of a bunch of pen pal letters sent to his post. The letter he picked was from a ...
When Kathleen Abrass reminded her fourth and fifth grade class at Avondale Elementary School what was coming, they couldn’t help but get excited. “I told them last week, ‘OK, next Friday, we’re having ...
Brighton, N.Y. (WHAM) - Our Bright Spot shines on connecting generations through personal letters. Residents at Watermark Legacy at Clover Blossom met their pen pals from Twelve Corners Middle School ...
EMMETSBURG, Iowa (KTIV) - In the digital age, a volunteer program is working to preserve the tradition of the hand-written letter, and they need help to make it possible. The “Northwest Iowa RSVP ...