Easter Seals makes dreams come true

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October 25, 2016

Royce Ellerbee, a participant in Easter Seals Southern Georgia day programs, takes time during a recent tour of Chehaw park to feed the goats in the petting zoo. Ellerbee took the tour with three others that Easter Seals serves as part of the organization’s Making Dreams Come True program. It was Ellerbees’ dream to get a behind-the-scenes look at the zoo at Chehaw as a zookeeper. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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Thanks to one man’s dream of spending a day as a zookeeper, four Easter Seals of Southern Georgia program participants got a once-in-a-lifetime tour through one of Southwest Georgia’s premier attractions as part of the organization’s Making Dreams Come True project.

Ollie Warmack, a participant in Easter Seals of Southern Georgia’s residential program, feeds a new friend during a recent trip to Chehaw park in Albany. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Easter Seals of Southern Georgia residential program participant Royce Ellerbee spends time with a new friend during a recent tour of the zoo at Chehaw. Ellerbee, along with four other Easter Seals program participants, got to take the tour as part of the organization’s Making Dreams Come True project. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

As part of the Easter Seals Southern Georgia Making Dreams Come True project, from right, Chehaw Director of Animal Care Ben Roberts shows Easter Seals participants Krista Hindsman, Tony Keith and Royce Ellerbee how to feed the animals in the park’s petting zoo. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Easter Seals Southern Georgia program participant Katie Crowley has a ball while getting her chance to model for local clothing boutique Blush. Crowley got to fulfill her dream of modeling thanks to the organization’s Making Dreams Come True project. (Photo Courtesy of Easter Seals of Southern Georgia)

Easter Seals Southern Georgia day program participant Tony Keith takes time to feed a new friend during his first-ever trip to a zoo. The 64 year-old from Sylvester recently visited the zoo at Chehaw park as part of the Easter Seals Making Dreams Come True program. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Tony Keith and Krista Hindsman feed animals in the petting zoo at Chehaw park during a recent visit organized by Easter Seals of Southern Georgia as part of the organization’s program of making dreams come true for individuals it serves. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Easter Seals of Southern Georgia residential program participant Ollile Warmack feeds one of the goats in the petting zoo at Chehaw park as part of the organization’s Making Dreams Come True program. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Easter Seals Southern Georgia Day Program participant Krista Hindsman spends time with a new friend during a recent trip to the zoo at Chehaw park as part of the Easter Seals Making Dreams Come True program. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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