Senior centre residents ‘travel the world’ with penpal program

A senior centre in Bowmanville has started a postcard penpal program, asking contributors on Facebook to send them postcards from their travels around the world. Audra Brown with the program’s success.

Jul 11, 2018, 7:16 PM

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