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- Review: Penpal Post
Penpal Post (more than just hello) A relatively new penpal finding service with almost 2,000 registered members. The service is completely free to join (advertising supported) and appears to be fairly well moderated. Penpal Post has a section called ‘Articles’ where penpal seekers can find educational information on 419 email scams, Nigerian advance fee fraud, [...]
- Chicago Tribune: A White House pen pal
A personalized letter from Obama! There’s a wonderful article on the Chicago Tribune today about a High School class who sent letters to president Obama. There was no expectation of a response but as the Tribune wrote: a personalized letter from Obama, along with a photo, arrived over the summer. It wasn’t until Tuesday that students in [...]
- Review: Penpal Party
Penpal Party has penpals from 173 countries although, despite the name, it doesn’t feel much like a party.
- Penpals Meet after 60 Years
Letter writing helped form a long lasting friendship – which for 62 years has defied a distance of 12,000 miles.
- Letter Writing Tips
You don’t have to be an English major to write successful letters to your pen pal. Write from your heart and use your creativity.
- Teachers: Classroom Penpal Exchange Sites
Although we have not yet reviewed many of these sites, the following is a definitive list of links which will help teachers find student pen pal exhanges for their classrooms. SAPE: Their primary goal is to find postal mail (“snail-mail”) penfriends for more than 100,000 people in the Baltics and former Soviet Union. ePals (review): Safely connect, collaborate [...]
- Teachers: Classroom Penpal-Project Tips
The advantages of introducing a classroom penpal project for your students should be considered heavily.
- Review: Penpal Amis (Updated!)
Penpal Amis is relatively new and has few members but is interesting because of the emphasis on French / English cultural and language exchange.
- Poll: Why penpal?
There are all sorts of reasons why people decide to start corresponding with a penpal. Often it is to understand or gain insight into a new culture, or other times it is to learn a new language or build a long lasting friendship. Please share with us, which is your most compelling reason for wanting [...]
- Review: Global Penfriends
Global Penfriends tries to find penpals that meet the needs of their members.









































