BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

A Michigan podiatrist will be celebrating the big 6-0 with a bike ride at the end of May.

TRENTON, Mich. – Last year, a family had to find a way to safely celebrate a grandmother’s 99th birthday during the coronavirus outbreak. READ: Family finds way to safely celebrate grandmother’s 99th birthday despite coronavirus outbreakThey sang to her from the front yard, safely social distanced. So they took their 2020 birthday plans and expanded them for 2021. The family asked the community to send her birthday cards and she has received more than 80. RELATED: Family plans COVID-safe 100th birthday for Trenton grandmother, asks community to send cards

TRENTON, Mich. – Last year, a family had to find a way to safely celebrate a grandmother’s 99th birthday despite the coronavirus outbreak. READ: Family finds way to safely celebrate grandmother’s 99th birthday despite coronavirus outbreakLast March, Mary Mikola’s family put on the best 99th birthday celebration they could. We hold the side of this board up and write what we’re trying to say to her through the window,” Mikola’s granddaughter Terrie Derupa said. Those are the reasons why Mikola’s family plans to celebrate her 100th birthday on March 20 in a big way -- while still being as safe as possible. If you want to send a card to Mary Mikola for her 100th birthday you can send it to the following address:

DETROIT – The city of Detroit got involved to help make Doris Barnes’ birthday special on Thursday. The mother of five celebrated her 100th birthday. A car parade included family, the Detroit Police Department and Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. Watch the full report in the video above. View more: Community news

DETROIT The Detroit Police Department took part in making sure a Korean war veteran had a very special 85th birthday. You be kind to people and theyll be kind to you, he said. She said shes never heard him say anything negative about anybody. Many people came out to mark the occasion, driving by in their cars and honking to celebrate. READ: More community reportsWatch the full report above

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. River Rouge celebrated the 100th birthday of a woman who is living through the second global pandemic of her lifetime. Five years ago, Dora Smith earned her high school diploma at 95 years old. While she expected to have a few people drive by, she didnt expect to hear the sirens and honking horns that made their way down Chestnut Street in River Rouge. The celebration included the mayors of River Rouge and Ecorse -- her former city. Now that shes reached her goals of getting her high school diploma and reaching 100 years old, Smith talked about whats next.

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There should have been a big party with hugs and kisses to celebrate Mary Mikola’s near-century on this earth. “Since we can’t be with her, we made signs and we are going to the lawn outside her assisted living center and we are going to sing her Happy Birthday,” Derupa said. “All of her great grandchildren are here and two of her grandchildren and all of their spouses are here,” Mary’s great granddaughter, Brittany said. Inside, the aides at the Cunningham Trenton Senior Assisted Living center guided Mary to the big picture window out front. As the family started to sing Happy Birthday, you could see the emotion on both sides of the glass.

Family finds way to safely celebrate grandmother’s 99th birthday despite coronavirus outbreakPublished: March 20, 2020, 6:23 pmThis was not how it was supposed to go. There should have been a big party with hugs and kisses to celebrate Mary Mikola’s near-century on this earth.