Pen Pals
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‘We grew up together’: Pen pals in New Brunswick, Australia meet 57 years later"That's what friendship is isn't it? If people are important in your life, then you just stay connected, and you just share your life with them," Wendy Mcilwraith said.CanadaJun 2, 2022
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How 2 people nearly 80 years apart connected during COVID-19 through art of letter writing"When I first got her letter and I found out how old she was and how this thing got started I was amazed that a person of her age would put something like this together."CanadaJun 25, 2021
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Grade 3 students become pen pals with Edmonton seniorsIt's been a precious way to foster connections during the pandemic -- a shared joy of writing is bringing two generations even closer.CanadaMar 24, 2021
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B.C. woman finally meets her Australian pen pal after nearly 60 years of friendshipDolores Baily flew to Adelaide, Australia, to meet her longtime friend Lyn Carpenter in person for the first time.CanadaApr 20, 2019
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Calgary woman creates pen pals for prisoners: ‘You can’t give up on any human being’The prisoners pay a small fee to be profiled on the pen pal site. Their offences are disclosed.CanadaOct 10, 2017
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Pen pals celebrate 5 decades of friendship across Pacific OceanTheir friendship spans more than five decades and the entire Pacific Ocean. As Sarah Kraus reports, a pair of pen pals started writing letters to each other as young girls and as technology evolved, so did their relationship.CanadaJan 13, 2017
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