Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly


Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is a network of non-profit, volunteer-based organizations located in the United States that are committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly.
Chapters are located in the following US cities: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hancock, Michigan, Omaha, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Minneapolis.
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is a member of the International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor with sister organizations in France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, the United States of America and Canada.

History

Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly was founded 1959 as Little Brothers of the Poor by Michael Salmon in Chicago. It is an offspring of a French non-profit organization called Les petits frères des Pauvres that was founded in Paris in 1946 by Armand Marquiset.