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Nearly 3,000 Handmade Valentine’s Cards Sent to Older Adults Across Minnesota, Each With the Same Message: You Matter

Friends & Co’s “Coffee Talk” Phone Line Marks Five Years of Reducing Isolation & Loneliness for Older Adults

Creating Belonging One Cup at a Time: Celebrating One Year of Let’s Do Coffee in Stillwater

Hand Made Valentines Cards for Older Adults

Volunteer as a Coffee Talker

Impact & Insights

Discover what we’ve learned through conversations with older adults, volunteers, and partners across Minnesota.

Friends & Co 2025 Community Resource Guide

Our annual guide brings together trusted services and programs that support older adults.

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