What We Do
Letter of Life is a volunteer-run memory preservation project dedicated to recording and honoring the life stories of seniors in care facilities who often lack regular visitors or family connection. Through a series of personal phone and video interviews, we give residents the space to share their memories, experiences, and wisdom across a lifetime. Each conversation is carefully transformed into a written biographical profile capturing the arc of their life and a one-page Letter of Life, a personal letter written in the resident's own voice, as if they sat down and wrote to the people they love. Finished stories are delivered to families as printed keepsakes and, with the resident's consent, published on our digital archive so their legacy can live on for future generations.
How It Works
We Connect
We partner with senior living communities and identify residents who want to share their story. Everything is voluntary and at no cost.
We Listen
Over three personal interview sessions by phone or video, we guide each resident through their life — childhood, family, career, love, loss, and the wisdom they want to pass on.
We Preserve
Each story becomes two keepsakes: a written biographical profile and a one-page Letter of Life written in the resident's own voice. Delivered to families and published with consent on our archive.
Story of the Week
Our first stories are coming soon. Check back to read the life letters of the people we've had the honor of listening to.
Are you a senior living community?
We partner with facilities in the Greater Philadelphia area at no cost. Our program brings meaningful enrichment to your residents and a lasting gift to their families.
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