Winston Lake,s
ACTIVE SENIORS
Got Talent!
By Todd Luck
Winston Lake Friends Association recently
held its second annual Senior Royale Revue
talent show at the Enterprise Center to raise
funds for the group, which supports the
Winston Lake YMCA. Tickets sold out for the
’70s-themed event, which featured performances
of songs like “Shotgun” by Jr. Walker
and the All Stars, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”
by the Temptations, and of Maya Angelou’s
poem, “Still I Rise.”
Winston Lake Friends President Mary Hargraves frequents
the Winston Lake Y three times a week and
describes those who go there as a close knit “family” who
looks out for each other.
Winston Lake Friends started about a year and half ago
to help bring members of that “family” together and help
out the ones in need. This included creating an album
with names and photos of members there, raising money
for youth, providing Halloween candy, helping sick
members and “adopting” people there who are in financial
need by giving them personal items and coats.
“We just make them feel at home and part of the family,”
Hargraves said.
The group helps with the Winston Lake Y’s annual fundraising
drive that starts in December. It’s also looking to
help people outside of the Y by sending money and supplies
to hurricane-ravaged parts of Texas.
Hargraves said it’s important to preserve the long-running
historically black Y branch. “It’s the history and it’s
important for us to keep our history,” she said.
Friends of Winston Lake holds its meetings at 9 a.m. on
the third Tuesday of each month at Winston Lake Y. New
members are welcome to join the group. For more information,
call 336-724-9205
Todd Luck is a reporter at The Chronicle. This story first
appeared in the Chronicle and is reprinted by permission.
The performers in the talent show sing “Going Up Yonder” together in the finale.
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