Self-isolation and shelter-in-place orders mean, among other things, that wanderlust is at an all-time high. But travelers are born innovators. Many are refusing to let the pandemic crush their bucket ...

Eleanor Maloney doesn’t want soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to feel like they don’t have enough support at home. So each week, the 49-year-old Mesa homemaker sends a letter to two soldiers fighting ...

Some fourth-graders at Lost Creek Elementary met their overseas pen pal Monday morning when Master Sgt. John Plasse showed up in class. Plasse visited with Janet Greulach’s class, where he ...

Ned Felder and Kris Feeney met for the first time in November, 56 years after first corresponding during the Vietnam War Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

There’s nothing better than getting a letter. Increased loneliness and isolation are two heartbreaking consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, inspiring one network of care homes in North Carolina ...

LAS CRUCES – In an effort to connect students and New Mexico senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, a J. Paul Taylor Academy parent started a virtual pen pal program with hopes to expand the ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed a "progressive pen-pal program" in August 2020 to save the U.S. Postal Service — but eight months later, there's no sign of the program. "So one of the ...

Erin DeJesus is executive editor of Eater, and has held various writing and editing roles at the brand since 2010. A James Beard Award winner, she particularly loves working on stories about regional ...

(CNN/KDKA) -- Nearly four months into a strict no-visitor rule due to the coronavirus, an assisted living community in North Carolina tapped into the power of social media to get its residents ...

Residents at Phoenix Assisted Care in Cary, a facility in the Victorian Senior Care network, have spent the last three months in strict quarantine, permitted to glimpse their loved ones only through ...