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Opinion: What we lose when we stop writing letters

Students from Gainesville City Schools wrote letters for isolated senior adults as a part of the Reach Out and Write Initiative, coordinated by United Way of Hall County, Wisdom Project 2030 and Forum Communications. File photo courtesy United Way of Hall County

12242020 WRITE 1.jpg — Students from Gainesville City Schools wrote letters for isolated senior adults as a part of the Reach Out and Write Initiative, coordinated by United Way of Hall County, Wisdom Project 2030 and Forum Communications. File photo courtesy United Way of Hall County

The hospital volunteer told me, "I'm not as busy as I used to be. My assignment is to deliver mail to patients. Years ago, that kept me carrying letters to rooms all over this building. Now though, people don't write as many personal letters."