Welcome to International Pen Friends' (IPF) Columbia Agency Website!
Since 1967, International Pen Friends (IPF) has provided more than 1.5 million people aged from 8-80+ with pen friends. Our solid membership base, commitment and service has led to us being recognised as the world's leading pen friend club.
Our service is personalised and controlled. It has been designed to provide value for money and the best possible opportunity of gaining many current, enthusiastic and genuine pen friends in a secure environment.
For added security, our membership database is specifically not connected to the Internet.
Letter Writing Fun!
IPF's objective is to keep the art of letter writing alive and to use that form of communication to promote worldwide friendship.
We also encourage members to combine email and other forms of communication with their letter writing, so they can experience the many different dimensions of the pen friend experience in this technological era.
Despite the many ways people can communicate, our members frequently tell us how much fun they have receiving letters in
the mail.
There's an exciting anticipation in waiting for letters to arrive - the stamps, fancy writing paper, postcards,
photos, different handwriting styles, the time and care people have taken to write the letters, then sitting quietly and reading
the letters time and time again, possibly keeping them for many years as part of personal history.
It's also a lot
more fun to receive letters in the mail rather than junk mail and bills!
How to Join
Pen friend services are available for individuals and school classes. You can join IPF by completing the
Aplication Form and return back to us, together with the fee wchich is avalable over the same just to: INTERNATIONAL
PEN FRIENDS (IPF) DE LAS TRES AMERICAS, Cra. 18# 14A-42, Zipaquirà/C/marca, Columbia, South America.
IPF's Pen Friend Service
Our membership database is specifically not connected to the Internet.
While the Internet provides opportunities for people to login to friendship databases, some are poorly controlled, or uncontrolled. This can result in names and/or photos being freely available for anyone, anywhere to view; names being circulated for an unlimited period of time; non-current members, and a number of security issues. Our service has been designed differently, for the benefit and protection of our members.
All of our members are provided with a list of pen friends that has been generated from our current membership database. Members are individually matched according to age group, hobbies and interests.
Each member's name is also given to other members of the club in their age grouduring their 12 month membership (between 10-14 other members, depending on the service joined). This system enables members to commence their pen friend experience by writing introductory letters to the people on their list, and to receive surprise introductory letters from other members.
The 12 month membership period does not affect how long members can write to one another. Members can write to one another for as long as they choose. However, if members would like to gain a new list of pen friends and make more friends when their membership expires, they will need to renew their membership.
Some of our members renew their membership each time their membership expires, making new friends year after year; others join and then renew their membership many years later; others join once and only write to the people from their first and only IPF membership.
Feedback from our members constantly highlights that their most active, genuine and long-lasting pen friends have been gained through IPF.
Writing to pen friends can certainly be an adventure, in many ways. We have members who joined IPF years ago, their children then joined and now their grandchildren are joining!
We invite you to explore our website and hope to welcome you as a member so you too can start your 'IPF adventure'. Please
don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Best wishes and happy letter writing!
Henry Rojas
IPF Agent
INTERNATIONAL PEN FRIENDS (IPF) DE LAS TRES AMERICAS
admin@ipf.net.au