Long-Term Care and Assisted-Living Communities Receiving Pima Love Notes

The Pima Love Note project is sending hand-colored pictures, cards, and letters to residents at long-term care and assisted-living communities in Arizona's Pima County, reports KOLD News 13 . "We just wanted the community to come together and build compassionate empathy and to reach out to these individuals that might be experiencing increased isolation due to the pandemic," said Cecilia Nguyen, Volunteer Coordinator with the Pima County Emergency Operations Center. Any community member can send a note, and Nguyen said the aim is to offer joy to those in care communities and even uplift the letters' authors. "It can be a way for the writers themselves to alleviate stress by coloring a page, creating something with their hands and just using their creativity in a way they may not have thought about before," she noted. Fifty-five communities have enrolled in the project to receive notes. Volunteers and employees at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures are participating, including photos of the miniatures in each note. "We will be including with them a pack of art prints featuring Madeline Cook, whose work we have in our collection," said museum Marketing Director Gentry Sproken.