Seated at tables off the lobby area of South Greengate Commons, a Westmoreland County Housing Authority property for seniors, residents use markers, scissors and poster board to create “table tent” ...

Local FedEx employees bought Christmas gifts for seniors in assisted living facilities who are part of the “Be a Pal” program, which provides pen pals to those who may feel isolated or lonely. Addie ...

At 42, Lacey Richter's social life almost stalled out. She lives in Austin, TX, where she's raising a teenager and runs a kids' retail shop, and lately it seemed her circle was shrinking. "It's really ...

Agnes, a retired teacher who lives in Ohio, knows all about my work, my family, my high-altitude gardening, my assorted pets and my hikes in the Rocky Mountains. So does Karen, who recently retired ...

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A friendship that began in 1969 through a Girl Scout pen pal program became a reality this summer when Valerie Scafaria of Middleburg Heights met her longtime pen pal, ...

As an enthusiast of world cultures, Gloria Ghedini set out to learn more about them by becoming a pen pal. She began writing pen pal letters in 1962 as a teenager living on the Upper West Side of New ...