Club - Rural Health Initiatives
Fund Number: 833074
Club - Rural Health Initiatives
Club - Rural Health Initiatives
Additional Information
The purpose of the Rural Health Initiatives is to promote the health and well-being of rural citizens by counteracting the effects of social isolation and loneliness, improving rural health literacy, and raising donations for essential items. Their main initiative is the Tele-Friend pen-pal to older adults program. This program combats issues of loneliness and social isolation in rural older adult populations by partnering college students with a “pen-pal” older adult partner. Student participants engage in virtual discussions and activities to help provide companionship to those who need it most.