Tawanda Robbins’s nonprofit is replacing loneliness with love across the U.S. by delivering Valentine’s Day cards to seniors in nursing homes.
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There are about 60% of nursing home residents who don’t get regular visitors, which puts them at a greater risk of depression.
Robbins said a mission trip to Trinidad inspired her to do something back home in the U.S.
“There were groups that were isolated and lonely that we would go visit and what they wanted was our attention,” said Robbins, who founded the Love in Action Project in 2010.
Volunteers of all ages create messages of love and hope and deliver the cards to people in the community who have few friends and family.
They are making Valentine’s Day cards this month to deliver to seniors in nursing homes.
“It is important because while the world is so busy purchasing flowers and cards for our loved ones, there is a group of folks who don’t receive any visitors,” she said. “Who doesn’t receive any love, basically.”