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NYT praises-“The Big Send”

October 29, 2020 By Carol

This NYT article appeared yesterday. Meet Bria East, the “motivated voter” from Pennsylvania, who voted because she was invited by a Vote Forward letter in her mailbox!  Here is proof that the rare, personal touch of a handwritten letter is still very powerful. A Cutting-Edge Tactic to Get Out the Vote in 2020: Handwritten Letters […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Letters Shape Opinions, News clipping Tagged With: A Cutting Edge Tactic to Get Out The Vote: Handwritten Letters, Bria East, childhood pen pals, Eitan Hersh, Get-Out-the-Vote campaigns, handwritten letter, increase voter turnout, Jay Leighly of American University, Marie Eckert, Melissa Michelson, Menlo College, Michelle Gustafson, old-fashioned and authentic, personal touch, Philadelphia, Scott Forman, Shay Castle, Swing Left, The Big Send, The New York Times, took democracy for granted, underrepresented voters, Vote Forward

The power of a handwritten letter

September 17, 2015 By Carol

  Have you seen Jordyn Leopold’s letter? It’s making a big media splash. This heartfelt, handwritten letter penned by the 11 year old daughter of Jordan Leopold describes the family’s loneliness with their Dad so far away. This letter may have inspired the trade for her father from the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Minnesota […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Newsflash Tagged With: Columbus Blue Jackets, espn, handwritten letter, hockey, Jordan Leopold, Jordyn Leopold, loneliness, Minnesota Wilds, NHL, sports

Jackie’s Letters

May 25, 2014 By Carol

May 25, 2014 Once again, the handwritten letter makes the news. Last Friday, the media was all abuzz over a treasure trove of  letters which Jackie Kennedy wrote to Father Joseph Leonard in Dublin. Simply, they were “pen friends.” He was her confidante and mentor, and Jackie poured out her heart to this elderly priest […]

Filed Under: Pen pals Tagged With: All Hallows College, confidante, Dublin, famous woman, Father Leonard, handwritten letter, Jackie Kennedy, mentor, NBC News, NPR, pen friends, personal musings, private, Sheppards Irish House, treasure trove

The handwritten letter gets results!

March 22, 2011 By Carol

March 22, 2011 This past weekend I saw the movie: Hereafter, and I was struck by two things… One, there was George, an extremely sensitive man who did not own any “gadgets.” No cellphone, no iPod, no television.  He just had a CD player for his audio-books. Secondly, George writes a letter and gets results! […]

Filed Under: Just Talk Tagged With: handwritten letter, Hereafter, Matt Damon, no gadgets, trusted connection

National Letter Writing Week 2011…

January 16, 2011 By Carol

January 16, 2011…. National Letter Writing Week occurs each year in the United States during the second week of January. Today is the final day of the Week.  However, I plan to “keep the ball rolling” and keep writing cards, letters, and even my grocery list! After all, next Sunday, January 23rd is  John Hancock’s birthday and National Handwriting […]

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: handwritten letter, Jacque Day, John Hancock, Murray KY, National Handwriting Day, National Letter Writing Week, WKMS

“Honey to my soul”

July 16, 2010 By Carol

Here’s the scene- the mail’s arrived. Like a kid, you approach the box with anticipation. You quickly grab the envelopes and begin to rummage through looking for what? That pearl in the oyster, “real mail”- a handwritten letter!   For the last 26 years as a letter carrier, I have witnessed this mail box phenomenon with the […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: handwritten letter, Slow Movement

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