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Pen Pals Anyone? Have you ever had a pen pal? Someone you connected with who lived far away and wrote letters to you about what her life was like? In today's world where it's so easy to connect technologically, it may seem old fashioned to have a pen pal. Yet, I believe there's still plenty value in forming a relationship with someone you've never met before who lives in a different place than you do. For one thing, when you send notes of your own to a pen pal, you're really thinking about what it is about your day-to-day life that someone else may find interesting. For another, there's something really fun about slowly getting to know someone as they send you notes about their lives. Whether you correspond the old-fashioned way by sending letters or connect electronically, getting meaningful mail can still put a smile on your face. As a way to help mother-daughter book club members around the country (or in other parts of the world) connect with each other, I have created this pen pal exchange. In part I was inspired by Heather Vogel Frederick's great addition to her mother-daughter book club novels, Dear Pen Pal. I was also influenced by a mom in a book club who wrote in to ask if I knew of resources for their club members who were seeking pen pals. What are some ways you may be able to connect with a pen pal club: • Send postcards, photos, or other information by mail. • Share your reading lists, including books you felt worked particularly well or not so well with your group. • Connect electronically by creating a Facebook group page that only members of your two clubs can join. • Choose a common book to read for one of your selections during the year. Then join each other through speaker phone or Skype for a blended group discussion.
Once you connect, there are probably even more ways you'll think of to communicate with your pen pals. Interested? Here's what I need from you: • Number of girls in your club • Ages of the girls • Hometown • How long you've been together as a group • One mom's name as a contact
Here's what I will do: Post a list (see below) of clubs who would like to connect as pen pals. I'll include all the pertinent information. When you make a connection, send me a note and I'll take your name off the list. I won't try to match clubs; I'll merely provide email addresses* so the two clubs can connect with each other. Send your information to info@motherdaughterbookclub.com, then look for the list to be up and running as soon as the listings come in. *No email addresses will be listed on the site. An address will only be given out when someone else with a listing requests it.
Clubs Seeking Pen Pals
Antioch, California Mother-Daughter Book Club
Newnan, Georgia Central Library's Mother-Daughter Book Club
Council Bluffs, Iowa Mother-Daughter Book Club
Sturbridge, Massachusetts Mother-Daughter Book Club
Westford, Massachusetts Mother-Daughter Book Club
St. Peters, Missouri Book Chicks Mother-Daughter Book Club
Clubs Who Found Pen Pal Connections
Antioch, California Mother-Child Book Club
Santa Barbara, California Mother-Daughter Book Club
Brasilia, Brazil Mother-Daughter Book Club
Brasilia, Brazil Mother-Child Book Club
Highland Park, Illinois (near Chicago) Mother-Daughter Book Club
Gresham, Oregon West Orient Middle School Library Mother-Daughter Book Club
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