By Courtesy of FDSRC Staff
Over fifty gleeful youth aged 8-13 and their grandparents and “grand pals” attended the First Annual Grandparents Day Celebration this past Sunday, September 10th at the George L. Stevens Senior Fourth District Seniors Resource Center (FDSRC). This year’s theme, “On their Shoulders We Rise,” was based on a children’s story written by Joseph “LJ” Maull IV.
Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe, who attended the celebration, presented the grandparents and grand pals with certificates of special commendations for being 2023 Grandparent Honorees of the Year. Ancestral storyteller Rev. Alyce Smith-Cooper mesmerized the audience with her insightful and deeply moving message about the massive shoulders of our ancestors whose shoulders we stand on. She deputized each attendee as an official Storyteller, proclaiming the greatness and goodness embedded in each one of them.
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