About Us

Our mission is to alleviate social isolation among older adults through handwritten letters and intergenerational connections.

1,000,000+

handwritten letters to older adults experiencing isolation

10,000

annual Letter to an Elder Day (Feb 26) participants

100+

campus volunteer chapters

50

“Dear Elder” Mailboxes for letter-writing and drop-off

27

countries we’ve sent letters

 

Our Story

 

We started because of a loving grandpa.

“After my grandpa died, I started volunteering with older adults to find a special connection like the one we shared, but I was upset by the chronic loneliness I saw. Some residents would tell me they hadn’t heard from family or friends in months. They didn’t even get something as simple as a letter in the mail. So, in 2013, I wrote a letter. Then another. Since then, I’ve been on a mission to fight a growing loneliness epidemic.”

- Jacob Cramer

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