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 ...

Residents at a North Carolina–based home correspond with pen pals. After nearly four months of being unable to have regular visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic, residents at the Victorian Senior ...

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – Seven years ago, a civilian sent a care package to an overseas Soldier unaware that the simple act of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 connected with people ...

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 ...

(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 ...