Make time to write by hand for National Handwriting Day

It’s National Handwriting Day - the perfect opportunity to reunite with your favorite pen or pencil, and make time for some good old fashioned correspondence. There are many goofy holidays that pop up throughout the year, but this one falls on John Hancock’s birthday, and has been celebrated since 1977 - yeah, before the internet!

Aside from its unique aesthetic, writing by hand boasts some major benefits such as exercising your fine motor skills and improving dexterity, helps you retain information, and can have an emotional impact on your recipient - especially a loved one or pen pal who grows to know your unique lettering over time.

Stumped on who to write to? Visit our resources page to write to those in need - practice your penmanship and make someone smile at the same time.

We hope you’ll join us and make some time to put pen to paper today! If you do, be sure to share your unique handwriting with us in the Write_On Facebook group, or on Twitter and Instagram using #Write_On!