1. Have you ever considered, that the greatest friend you
may ever have, is someone you have never met, living in a land you have
never seen? Well, we can provide you with new friends, in your
own age group, in many places --- for POSTAL MAIL
only (snail mail) correspondence. We have over 300,000 members
in more than 192 countries and our club is now regarded as the greatest
penfriend organisation in the world --- established in 1967.
2. The doors of I.P.F. are open to young and
old, male and female, married and single. Our youngest member is 8 years
old. Our oldest member was born in 1920. To each of you we can bring
friendship from across the surging seas --- through English, French,
German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages.
3. Every
caste, creed and colour is represented in our club. It includes people
from all walks of life --- Army, Navy, Air Force, Artists, Bankers,
Businessmen, Clerks, Clergy, Computer Programmers, Dancers, Doctors,
Engineers, Social Workers, Scientists, Secretaries, Students, Teachers,
technicians, Writers, etc. An IPF member is everybody doing every job
under the sun.
4. Whether your interests vary from a desire
to cultivate congenial friendship or to practice a foreign language, to
improve your technical knowledge, to arrange exchange holidays or to
develop your hobbies --- we will provide you with many new, refreshing,
exciting and interesting contacts.
5. Membership is for 1
year and during that period we will also pass your name to 14 other
members. The pen friends we give you will be in your age group. You may
renew for more new members.
6. Our "People & Places" IPF
International Magazine. We recommend you subscribe to this magazine
for pen pal articles, writing tips, photographs, and poems. It also
includes our Club's activities and is only available in English. Your
subscription will enhance your pen pal experience.
7. If you are a Stamp Collector, then all the contacts we
give you will be stamp-exchanging club members. We have over 6,000 stamp
collectors in IPF.
8. A Special School Class Service is
available for Teachers, School Classes, Girl
Guides, Boy Scouts and all youth Groups aged 10-17 years. Teachers all
over the world realize that through international correspondence, their
students have the opportunities to:
Learn good writing techniques
Develop their existing hobbies and acquire new
ones.
Expand their knowledge of history, geography,
travel, languages, world religions, music, people and life.
Students have an opportunity to learn the cultures
of foreign lands and, as friendships develop, then the possibility of
exchange holidays can be explored.
If you are a teacher
or student leader, please click
here or email us
your request for S100E/700 group forms. Tell us your
POSTAL mailing address.
9. IPF
is regarded as the oldest, biggest and best penfriend organization in the
world. Over 1,500,000 applications have been processed....for
POSTAL (snail) mail correspondence.
10. We invite you to
join us and by your honest and sincere correspondence --- you will
encourage international harmony and find many true friends
among... "International Pen Friends."
International Pen Friends
Dear International Friend, 
