Volunteers with Northwest Iowa Retired Senior and Volunteer Program (RSVP) and students at Spencer Middle School were linked through an intergenerational pen pal project that culminated with each student writing a life story of her/his pen pal. The students presented the stories to their pen pals at an end of the year party. This effective practice was submitted by Mary Steele, director of Northwest Iowa RSVP.
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