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Carrousels of Detroit, Michigan




                                                                                                                                      LIVING IN A COVID                We're going to miss you!
                                                                                                                                      ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                                                                      MEANT THAT
                                                                                                                                      THE DETROIT
                                                                                                                                      CARROUSELS
                                                                                                                                      CONTINUED TO
                                        D             etroit                                                                          MEET VIA ZOOM.
                                        Detroit
                                                                                                                                      While we did get our
                                                                                                                                      business accomplished,

                                                                                                                                      we missed having
                                                                                                                                      fun and enjoyable
                                                                                                                                      conversations with

                                                                                                                                      our sisters.  While
                                                                                                                                      occasionally we would                   One such event was the drive through going away party for
                                                                                                                                                                              our sister Sorenia Whittington who made the decision to leave
                                                                                                                                      get together with 2 or                  Michigan winters for the Texas heat. Hosted in June 2021 by her
                                                                                                                                      3 of our members, we                    Carrousel daughter Stephanie Rainge, this surprise party gave
                                                                                                                                      did have two occasions                  Sorenia an opportunity to say good-bye to her Carrousel sisters.
                                                                                                                                                                              Even though it was “drive-through” it gave everyone a chance to
                                                                                                                                      where we saw the                        see others and it was lots of fun.
                                                                                                                                      group together.
                                                                                                                                                                             Doing our own things





                                                                                                                                                                             While we were not able to gather in a group, members of the
                                                                                                                                                                             Detroit Carrousels were actively involved in activities with family,
                                                                                                                                                                             with our careers, with our Carrafellas and with sports activities.
                                                                                                                                                                             Judy Henderson and Roosevelt
                                                                                                                                                                             Henderson left the Michigan winter
                                                                                                                                                                             for Florida and Myrtle Beach to
                                                                                                                                                                             play golf. Extending their vacation,
                                                                                                                                      In December most of the Detroit        they went to North Carolina to visit
                                                                                                                                      Carrousels felt that it was safe       their daughter and their grandkids,
                                                                                                                                      enough to meet at the home of
                                                                                                                                      Terri Moon for a members-only          John who is completing his grad
                                                                                                                                      Christmas party.  It was the first     studies in May and will be trying
                                                                                                                                      time in months that most of us         out for pro-football teams and
                                                                                                                                      sat down in the same room to           their granddaughter Justiss who
                                                                                                                                      talk and have fun.  That’s             continues her collegiate studies
                                                                                                                                      exactly what we did – talked,          and has made the dean’s list for her
                                                                                                                                      laughed, drank, and ate. It was        freshman and sophomore years.
                                                                                                                                      an old-fashioned, typical Detroit
                                                                                                                                      Carrousel gathering and we had a
                                                                                                                                      lot of fun by attempting to make
                                                                                                                                      up for lost time together!
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