Hartford, Connecticut May 25, 2023 (Issuewire.com) - On May 10th, in a company-wide email, founder James Crocker announced that LFE will be distributing letters to 10 more Senior Homes all across Connecticut. This jump is unprecedented for LFE, as they are a recent nonprofit founded back in 2020.
Crocker hopes that with this new expansion, more volunteers will join the effort to reduce loneliness in Senior Homes.
Crocker, the founder, started the organization after a visit to a senior home showed him the second pandemic: loneliness in Senior Homes.
At the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and its corresponding isolation of nursing home residents, one teen in Granby knew he had to do something. "We are here on this earth to help each other," explained James Crocker, who tries to live his life like that each day. With this in mind, he started a card-writing campaign for residents at local nursing homes. "They were not able to have visitors and I knew they were isolated, so I thought this would be a way to reach out."
James Crocker, the organization's founder, is a 15-year-old sophomore at Granby Memorial High School. He moved to Granby last year from East Granby. He has been described as, "…passionate, successful, and determined." He receives high marks in school and hopes to major in journalism. He also hopes to expand Letters for Our Elders into a national organization.
Crocker started his effort with notes or cards which were short "uplifting, encouraging and religious, plus a few with jokes." "The response from the nursing homes was so positive and demand for more became overwhelming for just one person to handle," Crocker explained. He knew he did not want the letter writing to be a one-time effort, so he started a youth group. A letter-writing effort is something he suggests anyone can easily accomplish by simply reaching out to area nursing homes and asking if they accept cards and how many residents they have. Meanwhile, Crocker is already planning on expanding his efforts by turning Letters for Our Elders into a Nonprofit Organization.
If you are interested in supporting this cause visit Lettersforourelders.org
Letters for Our Elders is a nonprofit organization founded in 2020 by then-thirteen-year-old, James Crocker devoted to reducing loneliness in senior homes through letters of hope, encouragement, and congratulations.
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