Patchwork Pen Pals

Connecting Kids Across Cultures

BECOME A PEN PAL

Looking for a fun, meaningful way to enrich your family’s life? Join our Pen Pal Program, a global initiative to connect families through letters, creativity, and shared learning. Build lasting friendships while fostering curiosity, empathy, and writing skills in your children.

How It Works

  1. Tailored Matches: We pair your family with others based on shared interests, ages, or goals.

  2. Creative Prompts: Receive monthly themes and writing ideas to keep things fresh and exciting.

  3. Cultural Exchange: Share traditions, recipes, and stories to broaden your horizons.

  4. Safe and Secure: Our program ensures matches are vetted for a safe and positive experience.

Why Join?

  • Teach your children the value of connection by building relationships with families from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

  • Revive the Lost Art of Letter Writing. Experience the magic of handwritten notes and the joy of checking the mailbox for a new letter.

  • Boost your child’s writing, reading, and communication abilities in a fun, organic way.

  • Encourage Creative Expression. Letter writing unlocks creativity through storytelling, art, and even small surprises tucked into envelopes.

  • Have a social studies lesson! Discover new traditions, recipes, and ways of life through authentic, personal exchanges.

Building friendships that can span many miles and many years.

Membership:

$8/month

  • Pen pal matching

  • Monthly writing prompts & inspiration

  • Monthly feature of a member and what life is like where they live!