![]() ![]() It’s great to watch them go from being a little shy and not knowing what to write to getting more excited, and their language skills grow. “We ask and answer questions and offer up our favorite colors or that sort of thing. “We are all very busy, and to have a volunteer opportunity where the logistics are worked out is really a great benefit of being at HBS,” she said. Linda Kush, also from ER, has participated since she joined the School in 2005. While Abby giggled in the sunshine with her pen pal Katherine Haynes from External Relations (ER), classmates ate hot dogs, hamburgers, and popsicles, played giant Jenga, and kicked the soccer ball around with their HBS pen pals. It is through programs like these that we not only give back, but also create a vibrant and engaging campus where everyone feels a sense of belonging.” ![]() “Seeing the joy on the faces of our colleagues and the third graders as they met for the first time in person was truly heartwarming. “We are so happy to re-establish our relationship with the Gardner Pilot Academy,” said Sylvia Chen, who manages the program through HR. ![]() This spring there were 38 HBS staff pen pal volunteers matched with children from two third grade classes. Since its inception, the program has united almost 1,000 pen pals. This year’s summer lunch marked the program’s return after a three-year delay from COVID. Started in 1993 by Ruby Blake, who retired in 2020, the pen pal program connects HBS staff volunteers with schoolchildren from Gardner Pilot Academy for a monthly letter exchange and an annual campus gathering. ![]() Abby’s not a Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA student she’s an eight-year-old third grader at Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston, and she and her classmates were recently on campus for a lunchtime cookout with their HBS staff pen pals. She also loves sunflowers, playing soccer, and asking her teenage brother for treats or favors because he can’t say no. Abby’s favorite things are sleeping and reading. ![]()
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