Here are some wonderful handmade cards from one of our student volunteers, Louis! Letters Against Isolation loves helping students get involved with their communities and get their service hours.

Happy Sunday, Shreya!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We had a landmark cycle - together we as a volunteer base wrote over 10,000 letters! This brings our grand total up to 350,000 letters and cards written. What an exciting milestone! If we lay each envelope it would take to mail all these letters end to end, they would be 65 miles long! I cannot believe that in less than 2 years, we've been able to reach so many people. Thank you so much for writing and for being a part of this incredible community!

I am sharing a very special interview with one of the seniors we serve! I had the pleasure of interviewing David, one of the residents of Dulwich Mead over in the UK. He told me about all of the letters and cards he's been receiving from around the world! He even told me about Jahanie, his pen pal from Singapore, who he found through LAI!

I really do hope you take a few minutes to watch the video and see how much your letters and cards are impacting seniors, like David!

You're Invited!

National Letter to an Elder Day is on February 26th! We're celebrating together over zoom this year. Please bring some paper, some pens and some glue!

We'll also be hosting an Instagram live on the 27th!

We'll be getting together at 5pm EST/4p CST/ 3p MST/ 2p PST on February 26th to write letters, make crafts and celebrate the incredible work we do!

Yvonne sent some lovely photos of her making valentine's cards. Isn't her smile infectious?

Let's continue spreading joy, and making people smile



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Stamp Fund Sign Up!

Last month, we launched our student stamp fund. We sent 200 stamps to students all over the US. If you're a student who is unable to fully participate in LAI due to financial concerns, please fill out this quick form and apply to receive stamps!

Clockwise: That's me (Saffron) in front of the mural welcome sign in the Seaport District. Volunteer Blue December visits the Garden City Mural! That's me (Saffron) in front of the mural with the CBS Boston news crew. Photo of mural in Boston's Seaport District (credit: Lindsay Ahern). A photo fo the postcards and letter box at the Seaport District Mural (credit: Lindsay Ahern).

In the News...

As we mentioned in last weekend's newsletter, LAI has created six public art murals around MA and RI where you can go out and write a postcard to a senior!

In just a week since opening, we've had hundreds of postcards collected at each of the sites. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to support us!

This week, the murals were in the news! I headed over to the instillation in Boston's seaport district to do an interview with CBS News.

As a reminder, you can find the murals...

• Seaport District, Boston, MA
• Derby Street Shops, Hingham, MA
• Legacy Place, Dedham, MA
• Market Street, Lynnfield, MA
• The Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
• Garden City Center, Cranston, RI

Thank you for choosing to volunteer with us. We are always so amazed by the incredible work each of you do.

Have fun writing,

Shreya and Saffron

LAI Co-Founders

Letters Against Isolation