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Friendly Voices

In April 2020, our founders — with backgrounds in senior communication, phone outreach programs and nonprofit management — were deeply concerned about the pandemic's effect on the elderly. Shelter-in-place requirements brought profound isolation and devastating health outcomes. So they put their heads together, gathered some compassionate volunteers... and Friendly Voices was born. 


Today our research-backed mission is just as critical. Loneliness is a crisis for our elderly population, and the consequences can be dire. Weekly phone conversation helps seniors to know they haven't been forgotten. 


Friendly Voices is funded by a generous grant from the Joseph & Vera Long Foundation and by individual donors.

Leadership

Carrie Ridge, Founding Board Council

Cindy Prince Baum, Graphics

Deepa Nagpal, Board Member

Laura Steuer, Executive Director
Linda Folkman, Program Manager

Lisa Bhumralker, Board Member

Marcia Chmyz, Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Rebecca Garewal, Board Member

Photo: just a few of our 59 compassionate volunteers

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Copyright © 2022 - All Rights Reserved. Friendly Voices Phone Buddies for Seniors is a 501(c)3 federal tax-exempt nonprofit, EIN #87-3798169

P.O. Box 63, Menlo Park CA, 94026-0063

(650) 395-8017


Friendly Voices is funded in part by a generous grant from the Joseph & Vera Long Foundation.


Friendly Voices does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. 


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