Now accepting spring cards!

In direct response to quarantining during the Covid-19 crisis, we began partnering with the Simsbury United Methodist Church and First Church of Christ, Simsbury to bring this program to Simsbury, CT. And in June, 2020, the Simsbury Public Library joined as a Project partner. Over the past year, the program has grown and we continue to expand the Joyful Notes Project to additional greater Hartford and Litchfield county towns!

Local youth - along with community members of other ages across CT and neighboring states - create handmade greeting cards that we quarantine for 72 hours and deliver to local older adult living communities. 

As a community, we are bringing joy to isolated older adults and mitigating their feelings of loneliness.

We have delivered cards to:

• Anthology of Farmington residents, Farmington CT
• Anthology of Simsbury residents, Simsbury CT
• Belden Forest Court residents, Simsbury CT
• Duncaster residents, Bloomfield CT
• McAuley residents, West Hartford CT
• McLean Life Plan Community independent living residents, Simsbury CT
• Meals on Wheels recipients living at home, Simsbury CT
• The Residence at Brookside residents, Avon CT
• Residents of the Virginia Connolly Residence, Simsbury CT
• Seabury residents, Bloomfield CT
• Simsbury Senior Center grab and go lunch recipients, Simsbury CT
• St. Mary Home residents, West Hartford CT
• Sullivan Senior Center grab and go lunch recipients, Torrington CT
• Various older adult residents, Rocky Hill CT
• Westerleigh residents, Unionville CT

If you are employed at a central Connecticut adult living community or senior center and would like the opportunity to receive cards to distribute to older adults, please contact Deb using the form below.