Nonprofit
Letters Against Isolation
About Us
WHO WE ARE
Mission
We fight senior loneliness one letter at a time. Through handwritten messages of love, hope, and joy, our volunteer community brings seniors connection and improves their mental and physical health.
Vision
To empower people of all ages to empathize and connect with senior citizens in aged care homes and programs.
History
During the Covid-19 pandemic, teenage sisters Shreya and Saffron realized that without visitors or the ability to interact with the wider world, many senior citizens may be growing lonely. Senior loneliness is a well-documented issue and has effects not only on seniors’ mental health, but also on their physical health. From their kitchen, Shreya and Saffron wrote letters to residents of assisted living facilities and care homes. When a growing demand for letters outpaced them, they founded Letters Against Isolation (LAI). LAI has since expanded to serve tens of thousands of seniors in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. In 2022, they registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
WHAT WE DO
About Us
We're an all-volunteer organization that mails cheerful, personal, handwritten cards and letters to isolated seniors in care facilities and senior programs throughout all 50 United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. This is a safe volunteer-from-home opportunity which brings as much joy to our writers as it does to our recipients. We write to about 400 partner facilities in four different countries. Since April 2020, tens of thousands of volunteers have sent countless pieces of correspondence in 30 languages!
Special Programs
We offer support to:
- students requesting verification of their community service hours
- teachers who organize classroom activities
- employers, clubs and organizations hosting group events.
For volunteers located within the US, we maintain a postage fund for students (ID required) and senior citizens.
Get Started
Register on our website as an individual, student or group. We will email you a weekly newsletter with updates and a link to our web portal. Log into the web portal and pledge to write to any of our partner facilities.
WHO WE ARE
Mission
We fight senior loneliness one letter at a time. Through handwritten messages of love, hope, and joy, our volunteer community brings seniors connection and improves their mental and physical health.
Vision
To empower people of all ages to empathize and connect with senior citizens in aged care homes and programs.
History
During the Covid-19 pandemic, teenage sisters Shreya and Saffron realized that without visitors or the ability to interact with the wider world, many senior citizens may be growing lonely. Senior loneliness is a well-documented issue and has effects not only on seniors’ mental health, but also on their physical health. From their kitchen, Shreya and Saffron wrote letters to residents of assisted living facilities and care homes. When a growing demand for letters outpaced them, they founded Letters Against Isolation (LAI). LAI has since expanded to serve tens of thousands of seniors in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. In…
Issue Areas Include
- Health & Medicine
- Immigrants or Refugees
- Mental Health
- Seniors & Retirement
- Volunteering
Location
- Boston, MA, USA
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