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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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