Nearby, Sarah Hinkfuss, 32, had grown weary of video calls with friends and family. Both women, strangers at the time, joined the volunteer phone bank of Mon Ami, which has connected thousands of older adults with younger volunteers across the country in recent months. Ms. Saunders and Ms. Hinkfuss had their first phone conversation on April 12. “I wasn’t sure how lucid she would be or how much she would understand about what was going on in the world,” said Ms. Hinkfuss, a vice president at Bain Capital, an investment firm. She had so much energy, and there was definitely a part of her life that was so much more interesting than me.”

Source: New York Times June 08, 2020 18:33 UTC