WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — With her 80th birthday on Thursday, Sally Jo Orr is competing in the Olympics — the Metro Health Village’s 1st annual Winter Senior Olympics, that is.
“We really wanted the residents to be able to incorporate what’s going on in the actual world around them and we felt like doing the senior Olympics in conjunction with the regular Olympics would be a good way to do that, so the residents could watch the Olympics and take participate in some fun Olympic events,” Syndi Richmond, the director of excitement at First & Main Assisted Living of Metro Health Village, told 24 Hour News 8.
Orr is sold.
“Isn’t this exciting? I mean, I’ve never been in the Olympics before. I think this is wonderful,” she said.
From national banners to an Olympic flame, Monday’s opening ceremony was just the beginning of what’s to come in the week ahead. They’ll have table tennis, cane hockey and, of course, curling.
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