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 following US cities:
Boston

Boston

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, Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Cincinnati, Hancock, Michigan

Hancock, Michigan

Hancock is a city in Houghton County; the northernmost in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, or, depending on terminology, Copper Island. The population was 4,634 at the 2010 census...

, Omaha

Omaha

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, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Minneapolis.

Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is a member of the International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor

International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor

The International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor also known as Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a federation of volunteer-based non-profit organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly....

 (French: Fédération Internationale des petits frères des Pauvres) with sister organizations
in France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, 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

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 called les petits frères des Pauvres that was founded in Paris, France in 1946 by Armand Marquiset

Armand Marquiset

Armand Marquiset, French philanthropist, humanitarian and nobleman, was born on September 29, 1900 in the château of Montguichet near Parisand died on July 14, 1981, in Burtonport, Ireland.He founded several non-profit organizations, for example...

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External links

• http://www.littlebrothers.org Official Website of the Little Brothers in the USA
• http://www.littlebrotherschicago.org Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago (US Mother Organization)
• http://www.petitsfreres.org Website of the International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor
  International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor
  The International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor also known as Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a federation of volunteer-based non-profit organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly....
  
  
• USA TODAY Article: Isolated Americans trying to connect
• chicagotribune.com Non-Profit Profile: Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly