{"id":6953,"date":"2020-01-23T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/?page_id=6953"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:27:06","slug":"history-of-forces-penpals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/history-of-forces-penpals\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Forces Penpals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forces Penpals was launched in 2002. As an old fashioned letter writing service for the British armed forces. Letters were lovingly chosen by hand. And, sent to specific people out on deployment in Iraq at the time. This history of Forces PenPals is extremely rich with innumerable success stories.<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12049 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/pexels-pixabay-36785-600x383.jpg\" alt=\"history of forces penpals\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\"\/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The response was tremendous and the original owner soon found that she was struggling with the demand. So, she realised she had to have a website built. Although <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/startadatingapp.com\/cost-to-start-dating-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dating app development costs<\/a><\/strong> were quite high. She believed that a community and support network for the military was a worthy cause and worth investing in. 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