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SAPE Seeks
Pen Pals
The organization “SAPE” (formerly “The Soviet-American Pen- t friend Exchange” in New York) is looking for 100,000 Americans between the ages of 10 and 40 who would like to strike up a penpal friendship with someone in the for'mer Soviet Union.
Since its inception is 1989, SAPE has linked up more than 20,000 pairs of penpals. News of that success has spread via word-of-mouth all across the former Soviet republics. This ■ has resulted in an avalanche of ; mail—more than 100,000 letters— which has completely overwhelmed the small group of volunteers who operate SAPE. t
Penpals are matched up on the basis of age, gender, choice of male or female penpal and, in the case of the small percentage who do not know English, common language.
Because of the wide variety of mail, SAPE is usually able to fulfill requests for penpals from a specific geographic area. Letters have arrived from every major city in the former USSR, as well as from remote Siberian villages.
Individuals, classes, scout troops or religious youth groups who would like to participate in this program should send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: SAPE-Dept. N, 1400 Midvale Ave., #408, Los Angeles, Ca. 90024-5498.
Over the past five years manyorganizations have referred persons in search of a penpal to SAPE including the United States Information Agency, the Embassy of Russia and the'Peace Corps.
Since 1989, more than 300 U.S. schools have participated in this program. SAPE is not a branch of any other organization and has no politi- ' cal or religious affiliation.
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