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The Alley of The Year 2022















































                                    The Young




                   and The Restless







          Colony Clowns, Inc. were thrilled to hear their Al-   meetings. It’s hard to count the hours that this group
        ley’s name called at the WCA Convention Banquet in      gives to clowning, but here is a list of the basic ones.
        Orlando. As they came forward most were teary eyed      1. Monthly Directors’ meetings to talk and prepare
        because this award meant a lot to them.                    for the monthly training meeting.
          Colony Clowns are located in Melbourne Florida in     2. Monthly training meeting for all clowns and new
        a community called Indian River Colony Club. This is       members.
        a senior military retirement community. They have       3. Entertain monthly at Joe’s Club (Brevard County
        worked very hard to become a 501c3 group of clowns.        Alzheimer's Adult Day Care).
        The average age of their group is 60 - 70 years young,   4. Entertain monthly at Zon Retirement Center.
        however they do have two that are close to 90. They all
        are experiencing challenges in their health, but find   5. Do a 2-hour Red Nose Reader program on the sec-
        when  they  are  in  clown,  their  problems  seem  to  go   ond Saturday of each month in Woodside Park.
        away for a short time. There are over 20 active mem-    6. Entertain at Faith Lutheran senior day care
        bers and 15 social members which take part in most         monthly.

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