A high school student and her brother are helping seniors feel less lonely with notes and care packages

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With the help of her 10-year-old brother, this teen has sent out almost 100,000 handwritten cards and packages -- complete with puzzles, coloring books, and colored pencils -- to nursing homes in countries including Ireland, Australia, and Canada.

It was only March, but 16-year-old Hita Gupta suspected that life wouldn't return to normal for a long time. To support lonely seniors and remind them of how much they're loved, she began delivering care packages to nursing homes in her town of Paoli, Pennsylvania.

Hita and her brother also have donated more than 200 tablets, phones, and laptops so residents of nursing homes can communicate with loved ones.Seniors videochatting with loved ones using a tablet donated by Brighten A Day.Some of the seniors receiving packages live at the Woodbury Senior Living in Minnesota, where Brighten A Day has sent Kindle E-readers, Amazon Fire tablets, cards, letters, drawings, video messages, and hand-sewn masks.

 

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thats a beautiful feel good story that we need to see more of in the coming years after what has taken place these pastyears

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