Kinnick Van Wyk

Thoughtful Pen Pals Supporting Mayflower

Pictured above: Kinnick Van Wyk writing a letter to his pen pal. Grinnellian Kristin Van Wyk contacted Kellie McGriff, Associate Director/Administrator of The Mayflower Community after seeing a Mayflower story about resident pen pal stories. Together, Kristin and Kellie made plans for Kristin’s three children to write to Mayflower residents in the Health Center and…

Jeanette Tisdale with a letter from her Pen Pal

The Anderson Kids’ Pen Pals in Process

Three more Pen Pal partnerships have emerged from the homemade greeting card gesture on the part of Jackson, Grady, and Reese Anderson of Marion, Iowa. The parents of the three youth are Tara and JT Anderson, formerly of Grinnell. The newest pen pals are Diana Long and Grady, Jeanette Tisdale and Reese, and Rudi Munitz…