Letter from shallotte
DECEMBER 2021
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The Coastal Buzz
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Celebrating the Year H
appy Holidays!
The season implores us to take time to reflect on the year coming to a close. I want to give a special thanks to our BSRI family. It’s been a challenging time for everyone, not least our senior participants and volunteers who have weathered the uncertainty of a global pandemic, policy and procedure changes, and a seemingly never-ending case of “until further notice.”
Cover photo by Michelle Tinger
Bluebirds’ winter range includes our area, and this one perched on a neighbor’s mailbox decorated for the holidays. “This was taken in my neighborhood at Oyster Pointe in 2020,” says cover photographer Michelle Tinger.
THE COASTAL BUZZ EDITOR Shelagh Clancy buzz@bsrinc.org (910) 622-1036 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Francesca Gazelle, Beth Klahre, Joan Leotta, Veronica Lett-McGee, Mike McGurn, Donna Ruth Morgan, Pat Naughton, Marilou Smith, René Tarquinio CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Casey Freed, Jillian Hardin, Veronica Lett-McGee, Mike McGurn, Pat Naughton, Holley Norris, Amy Segen, Michelle Tinger ADVERTISING SALES (910) 754-2300 Anita Langin alangin@bsrinc.org Shelagh Clancy buzz@bsrinc.org © 2021 Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. All rights reserved
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This can wear on the spirit, and we thank all of you for the thoughtful hugs, prayers, and words of encouragement that have kept us going. Your support and service to others has been unwavering and it does not go unnoticed. Together we have been able to reopen to full time senior center programming; made progress with new grants and expanded services; and furthered our initiatives to meet the housing, nutritional, and
Veronica Le -McGee, Director The Brunswick Center at Leland
social needs of our community. In the new year, I hope we continue to reinvent ourselves and our approach to caring for one another. We’ll see you on the journey! Veronica Lett-McGee, Director The Brunswick Center at Leland
Vanneal Waddell, Novella Hasty, and Bertha Sanders are in a fes*ve spirit celebra*ng Hawaiian Shirt Day in Senior Center Month at the Brunswick Center at Leland.
