Help us fight social isolation amid COVID-19 and support elders in our community. In partnership with St. Andrew’s Assisted Living, you can write a letter to one of their residents.
GUIDELINES:
1. Letters must be legible (large print) and handwritten. No worries if you’re not artistic– make your card as what you’d like to receive. You can address your letter using “Dear Friend” or if you’d like to adopt-an-elder, you can choose a name from residents below.
2. Avoid religion, if possible. Your letter should resonate with anyone.
3. Exclude the date (day, month, and year).
4. Embrace creativity! Recipients love it when the letters are personal. We encourage you to make your letters detailed, thoughtful and heartfelt.
5. Be kind and thoughtful (more than talking about yourself). This is a one-way letter exchange, meaning you will not receive a letter back, so remember that no reciprocation attached is part of the beauty of your act of kindness, and the recipients don’t feel burdened by feeling obligated or being unable to respond.
6. Envelope your letters if you can! It’s so much nicer to open up an enveloped card, don’t you think? If you’re sending more than 1 letter, leave your enveloped letters unsealed and unstamped and put them in a larger envelope or box to send.
7. Share your act of kindness! We love seeing photos of your letter writing, and it helps promote our cause more than you know. Tag @unitedwayclallamcounty so we can share your post!
8. Send us as many cards as you’d like!
READY TO MAIL? SEND TO:
United Way of Clallam County
P. O. Box 937
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Thank you for supporting our elders during this critical effort to fight loneliness. Physical isolation is important for public health right now, but our elders deserve to feel supported, too.