Intergenerational Pen Pal Program News Today

The Waushara County of Aging and Disability Services have been providing beneficial resources to our seniors and those with disabilities for 50 years.

KIDS CARE, a Marietta-based service learning nonprofit, is launching a new Intergenerational Pen Pal Program with Sterling Estates of West Cobb and Sterling Estates of East Cobb retirement communities.

If you are age 55 or older and remember the joy of receiving a handwritten letter or card in your mailbox when you were younger, then perhaps the Intergenerational Pen

If you are among our senior residents, would you want to be (insert young age here) again?

May 16, 2021 Join the North Brunswick Public Library for a virtual container gardening demonstration at 6 p.m. May 25. Rutgers Master Gardener Adero Solomon will present a...

June 6, 2021 Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar announced the winners of its fifth annual Above and “BEE”yond Teacher Essay Contest, which recognized the work and dedication...

April 18, 2020 Hospitalman Katrina Mastrolia, a native of Matawan, checked aboard the USS Constitution on April 2. Duty aboard USS Constitution is one of the Navy’s special... Obituaries

Westwood Council on Aging seeks participants for Seniors Celebrating Seniors Common Content Editors Note: The following was submitted by the Westwood Council on Aging. Westwood’s Council on Aging is starting a new program with the Westwood High School senior class called “Seniors Celebrating Seniors.” They would love area seniors to embrace a high school senior during this particularly challenging time and write “words of wisdom” or “congratulatory comments” to students who will ...

Somehow the act of handwriting words and sentences to communicate is fading from our culture. Gone are the days of letters to and from grandparents. Instead, we FaceTime or, more recently, Zoom. Gone are the days of mailing a postcard to friends while you were on vacation (which, admittedly, often did not arrive until after you were home). Instead, we take a selfie with the mauve beach scene behind us and text it instantly. While electronic forms of communication are certainly fast, something g...