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Carrousels of Oakland, California


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                               Oakland On The Move!
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                                                  The Oakland Carrousels continued our “new normal” COVID
                                                  practices with sheltering in place and maintaining a high level
                                                  of safety.  We quickly adapted to getting our vaccines and
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                                                  booster shots!
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                 6 NEW MEMBERS VIA
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               For the second year in a row, we successfully
                   inducted six new Carrousel Members
             via Zoom in May!   We are delighted to welcome     With everyone safely vaccinated and boosted,
                                                                we allowed ourselves a bit of Carrousels fun in
                 Ursula Jones Dickson, Deborah Gould,           October 2021 with a “Meet and Greet” with our
             Michelle Kenney, Shirley Newton, Julie Waters      newly inducted members.  It was a beautiful
             and Gabrielle Wiley into the Oakland Carrousels.   day as we were entertained outdoors and
                                                                poolside with the most incredible view of the
                                                                San Francisco Bay!  Great food, libations and
                                                                friendship were abundant.  Catching up with
                                                                each other in person was exactly what we all
                                                                needed to feed our souls.




                                                                      In loving memory

                                           Our President,        Our beloved Carrousel Joan Brown Dew passed
                                           Carrousel             away September 20, 2021.  Joan was inducted
                                           Glenda Newell-        into the Oakland Carrousels in 1995 and was an
                                           Harris became         active member until her health prevented her
                                                                 from participating.  She served as the National
                                           a grandmother         Editor of Sister-to-Sister from 2003-2005.
                                           in 2021!  Her
             Glenda Newell-Harris
                                           daughter              Carrousel Joyce Dixon lost her husband,
            Brittany Harris Beauchman gave birth to a            Carrafella Albert Dixon who passed away
            beautiful baby girl Zara in April 2021.  Carrousel   unexpectedly on August 4, 2021. To know Al,
            Glenda was also honored by her Alma Mater,           was to know someone who was full of life.
                                                                 He loved being a Carrafella and attending the
            Miss Porter’s School by having a building            Carrousel National Conventions.  Al will be
            named in her honor.  The Dr. Glenda Newell-          missed by all who knew him, but especially
            Harris Student Center was announced in the fall      by his Carrousel family.

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