Pen Pals 4 Change
Our partner schools

Two classrooms. One mailbag.

Pen Pals 4 Change runs in two Milwaukee elementary schools today. Both teach 3rd–4th graders, and they write to each other every two weeks.

Kids at Pleasant View holding papers in the classroom
where it began

Pleasant View Elementary

Milwaukee, WI · since 2022

Where Pen Pals 4 Change first started. Avleen comes back every year and we now run two grade levels with the same teachers who said yes the first time.

~25
kids/year
4
years
2
grades
Kids at round table writing letters overhead view
newest classroom

Southwood Glen Elementary

Milwaukee, WI · since 2024

The newest classroom in the program. Southwood Glen joined in 2024 and is now exchanging letters with Pleasant View. Same age, different neighborhood, no idea what to expect.

~25
kids/year
2
years
1
grade
open call

Your school next?

We're looking for one or two more classrooms in the Milwaukee area for the next school year.

Let’s talk

The dream: every classroom has a letter day.

We grew from one school to two in three years. We think there’s room for a lot more.