Here’s something that might surprise you: I think a lot about senior citizens.

Before my grandma passed away, we had a close relationship, including our running joke about her long-time support of the Dallas Cowboys. I never met my paternal grandfather, but in some ways his shadow looms large in my life: Before I was even born, he died by suicide. It’s a tragic and haunting milestone in my family’s history, one that gets me thinking about how isolated seniors can feel.

That’s why, as we head to play the New York Giants, I felt encouraged to learn about DOROT, a nonprofit addressing social isolation among older New Yorkers – and alleviating youth loneliness in the process.

You might remember that a few years ago, the former Surgeon General, a doctor named Vivek Murthy, called lonelines

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