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title: "Griswold Home Care for the Greater Twin Cities Intergenerational Pen Pal Program Featured on Fox 9"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d27ef96d-754a-43cb-b7ff-b92f4ad4607c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/griswold/griswold-pen-pal-program-fox-9-2732847
category: "Home care"
industry: "Senior Care"
segment: "Home care"
published: 2026-08-17T21:16:56.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:36:52.693Z
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# Griswold Home Care for the Greater Twin Cities Intergenerational Pen Pal Program Featured on Fox 9

**TL;DR:** Griswold Home Care's intergenerational pen pal program was featured on Fox 9 Good Day, highlighting the meaningful connections created between seniors and third-grade students. The program has a positive impact on participating seniors, helping to combat social isolation and bringing joy and purpose to their lives.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2026-08-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/griswold/griswold-pen-pal-program-fox-9-2732847).*

## Story

Griswold was recently featured on a Fox 9 Good Day news segment highlighting the meaningful connections created through its intergenerational pen pal program with third-grade students from Park Lake Elementary in Anoka, Minnesota. Students recently met their senior pen pals in person after spending the school year exchanging letters.

The segment emphasized the positive impact the program has on participating seniors, many of whom spoke about the joy, purpose, and renewed energy they experience through the relationships. One senior described the experience as "great" and said it "brings a little life and energy" to those receiving the letters, while another shared that meeting the students was "a lot of fun."

Griswold Caregivers also explained that the program helps combat social isolation by giving seniors something to look forward to, noting that receiving a letter from a child asking simple questions about their lives "just brings back the joys in life from prior years."

Fox 9 also highlighted the enthusiasm of the students, who described the experience as an opportunity to make new friends and learn about people they otherwise never would have met. The program, which Griswold Home Care for the Greater Twin Cities has operated for three years, continues to grow in popularity each year.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- senior care (topic)
- community engagement (topic)
- Griswold Home Care (company)
- social isolation (topic)
- intergenerational program (topic)
- Fox 9 (company)
- Park Lake Elementary (location)
- Anoka, Minnesota (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/griswold/griswold-pen-pal-program-fox-9-2732847). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d27ef96d-754a-43cb-b7ff-b92f4ad4607c).