why we love
pen pals for
grown ups.
daveburwellsameermaryalicia

"I had been dying to know more about letterpress
printing, and it was so fun getting mail from Hugo.
I've always wanted to go to his hometown, too,
so next time I have a chance to visit Winnemucca, NV,
he agreed to give me a tour!"

Bernadette
Cedar City, UT

"It was really nice to get a perspective on eating only
local food from someone halfway across the country.
Exchanging letters with Francine in Tucson
really opened my eyes to how other people
in such different situations work hard to do
the same things my friends and I do around Vermont."

Giovanna
Brattleboro, VT

"My pen pal has been working as a speech pathologist
for 30 years, and I'm in school with hopes of doing the same,
our perspectives within the field are starkly different,
and we've both really learned a lot from each other."

Dominic
Fargo, North Dakota

"The idea of gardening just scares me. Zhareen taught me
everything she knows about it, though, and even sent me
pictures of her garden. I'm now the proud owner of a patch of
begonias. In turn, I've inspired her to cross-country ski and visit Mount Rushmore."

Meg
Houma, LA

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