Florida Seniors Looking For Pen Pals

Author Beasley Media Group Digital

June 13th, 2020 7:32 PM

Residents at Lake Gibson Village in Lakeland have been stuck in lockdown due to the coronavirus. Now they’re looking for people to be their pen pals, according to NBC.

“In the last couple days, we’ve had 20 people post on our Facebook wanting to be a part of this program, which is really exciting,” said Michelle Denson, activities manager at Lake Gibson Village told NBC. “So they will mail a letter to our community here, I’ll then take that letter and I hand it off to one of our residents that’s wanting to participate.”

https://www.facebook.com/lakegibsonvillage/posts/2750011511884987

Letters can be sent to:

Lake Gibson Village
ATTN: Pen Pals
771 Carpenters Way
Lakeland, FL 33809 

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