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WESTCHESTER COUNTY HELPS FULFILL “BUCKET LIST” BIRTHDAY WISH OF 95-YEAR-OLD AT PLAYLAND.

https://yonkerscommunitymedia.com/yonkersinsider/index.php/2019/06/21/yonkers-insider-westchester-county-news-2/

(Rye, N.Y.) — When she lived in Harrison in the 1920s Yolanda Celli was a fan and frequent visitor with her family to Playland Park. And this week, Yolanda arrives from her current home in North Carolina to fulfill her “bucket list” wish to celebrate her 95^th birthday at her lifelong favorite park. She will be joined by her three daughters, her sister Sadie, County Parks and Playland officials and Coaster the Dragon.

Friday, June 21

5 p.m.

Playland Park, Rye (Birthday Party area)

According to her daughter Donna Baldwin, Yolanda’s family lived in Harrison back in the 1920s and the sisters attended K through 12 in the Harrison public school system. Yolanda graduated from Harrison High in 1942. Yolanda and Sadie left home, got married and eventually ended up on opposite ends of the United States — Yolanda in Maryland and Sadie in Washington State. After becoming widows the sisters now live in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. Yolanda had three daughters, one of whom lives in her old Harrison neighborhood. At 95 years of age, Yolanda still lives independently.

With 2019 being a distinguished birthday year for Yolanda, her daughters asked what was on her bucket list and what she wanted for her 95th birthday. Without hesitation she said “I want to go back to Harrison and go to Playland. Some of the best memories of my life were in Harrison and Playland." 

Yolanda will be presented with a proclamation from the Office of Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Her name will be “in lights” on the park’s digital display board, and the costumed character Coaster the Dragon will present her with a themed birthday cake, ride wristbands and Playland commemorative gifts.