Community Corner
Elmcroft Resident Dances Again
The assisted living resident and former dance champion danced the Jitterbug once again several weeks ago.
Second Wind Dreams helped make a local senior citizen's dream come true recently.
Dorie - a resident at in Roswell - is a past Jitterbug champion, but it's been a while since she was able to glide across a dance floor. Second Wind put together a special evening for the 87-year-old several weeks ago and had well-known Jitterbug group, "Swinging from the Heart" stop by to help make Dorie's dream to dance again a reality.
Jitterbug couples dressed in period attire danced to Christmas, Jitterbug music. After a few songs, unsuspecting Dorie - whose family and friends had come to watch - was presented with a rose and asked dance.
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"Dorie had a wonderful time and she was very surprised to have her dream come true! She said, 'I haven't danced in so long!,'" said Rayna Ramussen, of Second Wind Dreams, which has been making dreams come true for long term care residents since 1997.
Elmcroft raised $700 through their Festival of Wreaths auction for Second Wind Dreams.
