As a kid, there was nothing I loved more than seeing a handwritten letter arrive on my doormat from one of my pen pals. I treasured every letter and postcard, storing them in a shoe box covered with a ...

MASSILLON – Once upon a time, 12-year-old April Showers spotted an ad in "Teen" magazine seeking people interested in a pen pal. Showers, a fan of the Beatles, responded asking for a pen pal from ...

Forming bonds with employees in different parts of the company can help everyone think more creatively, and feel more included. Many years ago, I had a pen pal from Connecticut. We’d been introduced ...

The term "pen pal" often conjures images of letters sent across time zones or continents. But sometimes, the most meaningful connections come from just a few towns away. At Lakeview Terrace ...

Masha Ma was reminded of her own rejection after she heard Yang Peiyi's story. Peiyi was the seven-year-old told she wasn't pretty enough to be shown singing at the Olympics. Ma was told she didn't ...

Virginia high schooler Michelle Liu met her 80-year-old friend Sue Miller back when Michelle was three years old. They became friends and, over time, they became devoted pen pals. This story was ...

Kim Eichenberger, who hails from Gebenstorf, Switzerland, connected with inmate William McCarty on WriteAPrisoner.com -- a website facilitating pen pal relationships with American jailbirds. Kim ...

This year’s surgeon general’s report detailing “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation” drove home the dramatic psychological and physical consequences for people living without the human ...

Featuring narrative development by Pixar's Dan Scanlon. the app matches kids to animated pen-pals, helping them build empathy ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A group of mostly 11th grade students at Lincoln High School are bridging generations through handwritten letters, forging connections with local seniors — many of whom have memory ...

For months, third graders at Crooked Lake Elementary in Andover, Minnesota have been trading letters with pen pals a few generations older. On Friday, they finally met face-to-face. The pen pal ...