Executive Summary
Love for Our Elders has delivered 750,000+ handwritten letters to older adults experiencing loneliness in all 50 states and across the world.
Mission
To alleviate social isolation among older adults through handwritten letters and intergenerational connections.
Vision
A world where generations come together to learn from, uplift, and cherish our elders.
Our Impact
Love for Our Elders is a direct service nonprofit based in Cleveland, Ohio. We address the global loneliness epidemic, one letter at a time.
Letters of Love
Through the power of handwritten notes, volunteers spread kindness and encouragement to isolated elders, offering them meaningful emotional support and building a bridge of connection across generations.
Grandma’s Letter Exchange
A picture book with lessons and workshops aimed at children ages 3-7 that introduces snail mail and teaches how to make and send a letter.
Letter to an Elder Day
An annual day (Feb. 26) dedicated to writing letters to older adults amid the post-holiday gloom that raises awareness of the loneliness epidemic while encouraging intergenerational connection.
Campus Chapters
We empower students to make a meaningful impact by forming local chapters, where they write letters to older adults and volunteer in local senior communities.
Resources
Appropriate Language
Stylized: Love For Our Elders
Website stylized: loveforourelders.org
Verbiage: Older adults experiencing loneliness, our elders, senior communities
What we do: Everyone deserves to feel loved, but not everyone gets to. That’s where Love For Our Elders comes in. The organization and its chapters bring social connections to older adults around the world.
