For All Ages

11/04/2026

Kindness is spreading across Connecticut through the 2026 Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive! 💛

Together, we’re bringing comfort, connection, and cheer to 5,000 of our most vulnerable neighbors this holiday season including veterans, hospitalized patients, and older adults in care communities.

💌 You can help, too: Create cards, host a card-making event, or donate to help deliver messages of love and hope across the state.

✨ Make it a family tradition after Thanksgiving dinner.
✨ Engage your students in a classroom kindness project.
✨ Host a workplace card design break to lift everyone’s spirits.

Let’s end holiday loneliness - one handmade card at a time. ❤️

Join the Drive: Navigate to the Comfort & Joy Cards webpage under Programs on our website.



American Eagle Financial Credit Union Simsbury Public Library Welles-Turner Memorial Library

10/27/2026

We’re excited to welcome the newest Partners of the 2026 Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive! 🎉

Together, we’re spreading kindness and connection by delivering 5,000 handmade cards to some of our most vulnerable neighbors - residents of assisted living and memory care communities, hospitalized patients, and veterans.

💌 Join us! Make cards through Dec. 9 and/or donate to help deliver them. Every card and every dollar matters.

✨ Gather family & friends after Thanksgiving dinner to make cards.
✨ Engage your students in a meaningful classroom project.
✨ Host a lunch-hour card design session at your workplace.

Let’s make this holiday season brighter - together. ❤️



East Granby Public Library Point32Health Windsor Federal Bank Simsbury Newcomers and Neighbors

10/20/2026

💌 The 2026 Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive is here!

Join Connecticut's largest holiday card drive to bring comfort, joy, and connection to 5,000 isolated older adults, veterans, and adults living with chronic health conditions across Connecticut this holiday season, one handmade card at a time.

💛 Create cards, host a card-making event, or sponsor the initiative. Every card lets someone know they’re cared about and remembered.

See link in first comment to Join the Drive and make this holiday special for our neighbors.

10/19/2026

💛 Thank you to Tricia and Evan Prausa for making handmade mug cozies for the younger and older adults participating in our Tea @ 3 Intergenerational Friendship Community!

These thoughtful gifts help everyone feel that they are a part of the broader Tea @ 3 Community of people building friendships across generations, one cup of tea and one conversation at a time.

We’re grateful to Tricia and Evan - and for all of our mug cozy makers - for helping make that sense of community possible!

We welcome cozies year-round. If you'd like to knit or crochet a few, visit the Volunteer page of our website for the link to patterns.

10/14/2026

We’re still smiling from race day! 💙🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

, what a day for Team For All Ages at the Eversource Hartford Marathon! A huge thank you to our runners, volunteers, donors, and sponsors who came together to support real connection across generations and enable our neighbors of all ages to feel connected and supported.

Whether you ran, cheered, volunteered, donated, or helped spread the word, you were part of something special. Every mile and every contribution helps For All Ages create more opportunities for people to build meaningful connections in their everyday lives.

And we’re keeping the momentum going! Donations to Team For All Ages are being accepted through October 31. Help us finish strong and create even more opportunities for people of all ages to connect, build friendships, and feel a sense of belonging.

💙 Every gift makes a difference ~ check the comments for the donation link.

We’re so grateful to everyone who made this year’s team possible and helped carry our mission forward.

HMF Events (Hartford Marathon Foundation) Johnson Brunetti Smith Brothers Disability Planning Partners Reid and Riege, P.C. Christine Frederick

10/06/2026

🏃💛 It’s marathon week!

As the For All Ages Marathon team gets ready to unite and race the Eversource Hartford Marathon this Saturday, we want to give a big thank you to our sponsors.

Your generosity is helping us reach our $20,000 fundraising goal as we create more opportunities for people of all ages to build real connections, feel a greater sense of belonging, and improve health.

We’re so grateful for your support and for being part of our marathon journey! 💛

Want to support the team, too? An anonymous donor is matching donations up to $2,000 through race day.

Donate today at https://register.hakuapp.com/donations/new?event=7866d5480efbe85229e9&beneficiary=65b7b571a96980fe2e15

Johnson Brunetti Smith Brothers Disability Planning Partners Reid and Riege, P.C.

10/03/2026

We are an Official Charity of the 2026 Eversource Hartford Marathon and were happy to have been invited to the Kick-off Celebration! 🎉

We have a fantastic team of racers and volunteers gearing up for race day next Saturday, Oct. 10. 🏃🏃‍♀️

Please support them - and help us continue to bring connection and foster health for our neighbors across CT.

Donate today at https://fundraisers.hakuapp.com/teams/for-all-ages-5?partner=fa14ff88f9f8d132ac12.

Thank you! 💙

HMF Events (Hartford Marathon Foundation)

09/30/2026

We’re grateful to the Connecticut Department of Public Health for highlighting the launch of Connecticut’s first Good Neighbor Day! 🎉

, more than 80 people came together at UConn Waterbury for Good Neighbors, Great Communities - a day of learning, connection, and service that brought community members and partners together to celebrate the power of being a good neighbor.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this first gathering possible. We’ll be sharing more photos from this memorable day soon!

09/27/2026

This fall, 98 younger and older adults are participating in our fall 2026 Tea @ 3 Intergenerational Friendship Community!

We’re grateful to the Office of Radio & Television for sharing the story of Tea @ 3, our nationally certified program that has brought nearly 1,000 college students and older adults together to grow friendships across generations. 🌟

Check out the video!

https://vimeo.com/1228577781?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

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