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At this year’s gala, the seniors enjoyed food, music, prizes and dancing. Radio personality Frank Ski, Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church

Pastor Leland Jones, Sr., 92.9

The Game Morning Host Sam Crenshaw and City of Atlanta

Chief Procurement Officer Adam Smith emceed the event.

Senior Adult Healthcare Professional Recognition Awards

On Dec. 5, the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs held the 201617 Senior Adult Healthcare Professional Recognition Awards. Award recipients were nominated by their respective employers and work with senior adults throughout the Sandy Springs/Perimeter area in leading, senior adult health care service enterprises.

The 2016-17 recipients are: Marilyn Fitzgerald, Personal Care Resident/Volunteer, and Latonia Williams, Resident Assistant/Proxy Caregiver, both of Campbell-Stone; Lesia D. Gooden, Administrative Specialist/Program Assistant of Dorothy C. Benson Senior Complex Adult Day Care; Elmira Beajinora and Victoria Pismenova, both Personal Care Assistants at Sterling Place; Afoune Remy and Hazel Sims, both Certified Nursing Assistant/Proxy Caregiver at Mount Vernon Towers; MaryAnn Jones Shropshire of Insignia Senior Living; Beverly Roberts, LPN, Care Coordination Coach, Healthy Transitions, Visiting Nurse Health System at