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Empowering people to build real connections that transform health and life outcomes. Join us. 🌟 Our vision. Connecting generations changes lives and communities.

Our vision is a healthy community that is connected across generations. We're working to end loneliness and ageism through intergenerational programs and events. More than 60% of Americans are lonely. That's 200 million people. And in Connecticut alone, that's 2.1 million people. Those same people lack the opportunity for meaningful in-person social interactions on a regular basis. Our communities have become segregated by age over the past 50 years, which has resulted in an increase in isolation and loneliness among older adults. And young adults are now feeling more lonely than older adults. Reuniting the generations improves the health and well-being of individuals of all ages and increases community cohesion. And it changes perceptions of aging. We invite you to join us on our journey to connect the generations and inspire action to end loneliness and ageism. Follow our facebook and Instagram pages, volunteer with us, and/or donate to help our mission. See www.forallages.org for more information.

11/12/2025

Thank you to Johnson Brunetti for creating cards for the 2025 Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive! Look at these spectacular cards they lovingly crafted. 🤩

09/12/2025

Thank you to our final set of Comfort & Joy Partners! More than 40 organizations across Connecticut have gathered together to create holiday cards for older adults at assisted living and memory care facilities, veterans, and patients at The Hospital for Special Care. ✨

We thank each and every group for your kindness and creativity. Together we are making the holidays brighter for so many. ✌

Tomorrow's the final day to drop off your cards! And Thursday, Dec. 11 is Share Comfort & Joy Day in the State in Connecticut. 🌟

The Hartford Mental Health Connecticut Regional YMCA of Western CT Simsbury Public Library

09/12/2025

So much gratitude for this talented group of University of Maryland students who have spent the semester working on a project in support of our Tea @ 3 program. We can’t wait to see their work come to life next semester!🌟

Hack4Impact-UMD

08/12/2025

Thank you, UConn School of Social Work, for helping spread Comfort & Joy this season with your handmade holiday cards! ✨

07/12/2025

A warm shout-out to our friends at American Eagle Financial Credit Union for crafting more than 70 heartfelt cards for our Comfort & Joy holiday card drive! These messages of kindness will make a real difference for so many of our neighbors who may be feeling alone this time of year.

Thank you for helping us spread connection and joy throughout our community.

07/12/2025

Huge thanks to our newest Comfort & Joy Partners! The holiday countdown is on… don’t forget to drop off your cards by Wed., Dec. 10!

East Granby Public Library The Ethel Walker School Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation Northwestern Mutual Rocky Hill Library Simsbury DEI Council

06/12/2025

We’re in the final stretch! Bring your handmade cards to a Comfort & Joy holiday card collection site before the drive wraps up on December 10. 🌟

Thank you to our Collection Site Partners:

East Granby Public Library
Rocky Hill Library
Simsbury Public Library
Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury

05/12/2025

Celebrating stories, wisdom, and connection, we were happy to wrap up the Good Life Dialogues with Duncaster residents and University of Saint Joseph Physician Assistant students, guiding them through rich conversations about how connection helps us flourish, how wisdom is shared across generations, and what the good life might look like for future generations.

05/12/2025

Thank you to Mental Health Connecticut for contributing such thoughtful cards to our Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive! ✨

Mental Health Connecticut is honored to contribute to For All Ages’ Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive. MHC created more than 100 handmade cards that will be shared with veterans and chronically ill adults across Connecticut.

This initiative brings together more than 40 partners with a shared goal of creating 5,000 cards. December 11 is designated as Share Comfort & Joy Day in Connecticut, emphasizing the importance of connection during a season that can be lonely for many.

We welcome individuals, families, schools, and organizations to take part. A single card can offer encouragement and remind someone they are remembered.

You can find their collection sites here: https://forallages.org/comfort-and-joy-cards

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Greater Hartford

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Tuesday	09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 16:00
Thursday	09:00 - 16:00
Friday	12:00 - 16:00

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http://www.forallages.org/, http://www.endlonelinessCT.org/

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Our vision.

Our vision is a healthy community that is connected across generations. We're working to reduce loneliness and isolation, improve the health and well-being of people of all ages, and change the dialogue on aging through intergenerational programs.

Connecting generations changes lives and communities.

More than 60% of Americans are lonely. That's 200 million people. And in Connecticut alone, that's 2.1 million people. Those same people lack the opportunity for meaningful in-person social interactions on a regular basis.

Our communities have become segregated by age over the past 50 years, which has resulted in an increase in isolation and loneliness among older adults. And young adults are now feeling more lonely than older adults.

Reuniting the generations improves the health and well-being of individuals of all ages and increases community cohesion. And it changes perceptions of aging.

Intergenerational connection changes everything.

Health & well-being: Social isolation has negative health impacts comparable to the effect of smoking 15 ci******es per day.

Relationships and social interaction are the critical ingredients in well-being, particularly as we age.

Cognitive health: Holding a negative attitude toward our own aging is a risk factor for cognitive disorders as we age.

Positive attitudes about aging reduce the risk of dementia in older adults.

Life expectancy: Internalizing the negative stereotype of aging to define oneself results in longevity deficits.

Older adults with positive perceptions of aging live 7.5 years longer.

Healthcare spending: Several indicators of social isolation and loneliness have been associated with poor health.

Medicare spends about $134 more each month for every lonely senior than for every socially connected older adult. That adds up to an extra $6.7 billion of spending each year.

Community cohesion: Age segregation results in different ages seeing each other as rivals for community assets.

As age barriers disappear and ageism abates, residents unite around shared goals.

We invite you to join us on our journey! Follow our page, volunteer with us, and/or donate to help our mission. See www.forallages.org for more information.