Send Letters to Seniors! - Ongoing Program
We are excited to announce the return of our Letters to Seniors program! The residents of The Palms at La Quinta Assisted Living loved and appreciated the letters and cards you sent last November and December! This program will now be ongoing and we welcome you to send as much cheer and happy thoughts as you feel able. We'd love for you to join us in helping to battle feelings of loneliness and isolation in your community. Here are all the details:
As our community continues with the social distancing to help curb the spread of COVID-19, many people are struggling to stay connected socially and can experience higher levels of isolation.
Seniors who live in retirement or assisted living communities can feel these effects even more so as family visits may be restricted in frequency and length. Social isolation can be even more so dangerous for seniors as it increases feelings of loneliness and can exasperate medical conditions.
In recognition of this, the La Quinta Public Library has partnered with The Palms at La Quinta Assisted Living to ask for help from the community to help brighten someone’s day.
We invite all members of our community to participate in this program to help combat feelings of isolation by mailing positive and kind words through cards, postcards, homemade cards, drawings and encouraging letters to the address below. The staff at the facility will then deliver your letters to the residents in need of some cheer.What can you do to help?
Guidelines:
- This program is ongoing
- This program is open to all ages.
- 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.
- Avoid religion, if possible. Your letter should resonate with anyone.
- Exclude the date (day, month, or year).
- Be kind & thoughtful. This is a one-way mail program, so you will not receive a letter back. Receiving nothing in return is part of the beauty of your act of kindness, and recipients aren’t burdened by feeling obligated or unable to respond.
- Sign with your first name only and place your creation in an unsealed envelope.
- Ready to mail? Hooray! Place that unsealed envelope inside another envelope and mail it directly to:
Community Connections: Letters to Seniors
c/o The Palms at La Quinta Assisted Living
45160 Seeley Drive
La Quinta, CA 92253
- For the return address, please put:
La Quinta Public Library78275 Calle TampicoLa Quinta, CA 92253
- Share your act of kindness! Tag us on Instagram @laquintapl or share to La Quinta Library's Facebook Page
- Repeat, if you'd like!
Ideas and Templates:
For the cost of a stamp and some of your free time, you could make a grand difference in someone’s day!
Happy writing!
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