Owner Becky Moore
COOL CORRESPONDENCE LOCAL RESIDENT BECKY MOORE LAUNCHES PEN PAL AGENCY Writer / Julie Yates Photographer / Amy Payne
Moore became a pen pal enthusiast when she was 13 years old. She was attending middle school in Center Grove when her study hall teacher, who had a pen pal from England, offered the class the chance to exchange letters with British students. That experience led to years of enjoyment as she received letters from faraway places.
enjoy it too.”
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Moore found herself in a position start a pen pal agency. She was working in the hotel industry as an event planner when she was laid off in the midst of the government-mandated business shutdowns. Suddenly, she found herself beginning a business she had However, Becky Moore has an answer. She “It is my passion, my favorite thing,” Moore dreamed about in the past. recently started Write Moore Letters, a U.S. says. “I’m embarrassed to say I have 50 agency for Australia-based International pen pals. I only hear from some about two “When I was young, I went through a Pen Friends. It facilitates pen pal matchups times a year, but there are about 20 of them company that would send these little blue so people of all ages can develop a that I get a letter from once a month. I have coupon books with pen pal names,” Moore relationship with someone from a different so many of my own, I had to stop. Now I says. “I remember it was magical. One country without leaving home. can help others get pen pals so they can of my very first pen pals sent me some One of the best aspects of foreign travel is meeting people of different nationalities. Due to coronavirus-related restrictions, such experiences aren’t always possible these days.
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