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Founded | December 2013 |
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Founder | Jacob Cramer |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | Humanitarian/Activism |
Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
Website |
loveforourelders |
Love For Our Elders (formerly Love for the Elderly) is a United States-based nonprofit organization that aims to alleviate social isolation among older adults. [1]
As a regular volunteer at his local senior living community, Jacob Cramer recognized chronic loneliness prevalent among the residents. In 2013, he began handwriting kind, uplifting letters for senior living communities, a program that has since sent more than 300,000 letters around the world. [2] [3] [4]
The organization compiled videos and seniors' stories during the coronavirus pandemic for elders it could not reach due to mailing restrictions. [5]
On September 15, 2020, the organization announced its new name, Love For Our Elders. A statement from its founder said, "We’ve come to realize that our organization’s name included language that contradicted the work we pour our hearts into every day." [6]
Annually, the organization hosts Letter to an Elder Day on February 26, encouraging others to write a letter to an elder who inspires them. [7] [8] [9] On March 19, 2024, Cramer published a picture book with the nonprofit called Grandma's Letter Exchange that invites young children to write their first letter. [2] [10]
In 2016, Jacob spoke on the organization's initiatives on national daytime talk show Harry. [11] Later that year, it was featured on the cover of American Profile. In 2022, the organization was one of three nonprofits named by Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve as a 2022 Culture Catalyst. [12]
Its work has also been featured in CNN [13], Glamour, [14] O, The Oprah Magazine, [15] Parade, [16] National Geographic, [17] Rede Record, [18] The Boston Globe, [19] NPR, [20] and USA Today. [21]
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Founded | December 2013 |
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Founder | Jacob Cramer |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | Humanitarian/Activism |
Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
Website |
loveforourelders |
Love For Our Elders (formerly Love for the Elderly) is a United States-based nonprofit organization that aims to alleviate social isolation among older adults. [1]
As a regular volunteer at his local senior living community, Jacob Cramer recognized chronic loneliness prevalent among the residents. In 2013, he began handwriting kind, uplifting letters for senior living communities, a program that has since sent more than 300,000 letters around the world. [2] [3] [4]
The organization compiled videos and seniors' stories during the coronavirus pandemic for elders it could not reach due to mailing restrictions. [5]
On September 15, 2020, the organization announced its new name, Love For Our Elders. A statement from its founder said, "We’ve come to realize that our organization’s name included language that contradicted the work we pour our hearts into every day." [6]
Annually, the organization hosts Letter to an Elder Day on February 26, encouraging others to write a letter to an elder who inspires them. [7] [8] [9] On March 19, 2024, Cramer published a picture book with the nonprofit called Grandma's Letter Exchange that invites young children to write their first letter. [2] [10]
In 2016, Jacob spoke on the organization's initiatives on national daytime talk show Harry. [11] Later that year, it was featured on the cover of American Profile. In 2022, the organization was one of three nonprofits named by Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve as a 2022 Culture Catalyst. [12]
Its work has also been featured in CNN [13], Glamour, [14] O, The Oprah Magazine, [15] Parade, [16] National Geographic, [17] Rede Record, [18] The Boston Globe, [19] NPR, [20] and USA Today. [21]