Lacretia Grayson enjoys a funnel cake with her daughter, Erin, left foreground, and a friend of Erin's. / Chambliss Center for Children Contributed PhotoChambliss Center for Children recently celebrated more than 50 years of partnership with Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park during Lake Winnie Day.
This annual, full-day event gives children, parents and staff the opportunity to relax and enjoy all the activities and rides Lake Winnie has to offer. More than 200 children from the children's extended child-care program, along with the families in the residential program, joined in at no cost.
"We are beyond appreciative of the longtime support we have received from the Lake Winnie family," says Lesley R. Berryhill, Chambliss' director of special projects and events. "Everyone looks forward to going to Lake Winnie. It's one of the most anticipated days of the year."
"Serving the children and families of Chambliss Center was my great-grandmother's passion," says Tennyson Dickinson, great-granddaughter of Lake Winnie founder Minette Dixon. Dickinson is Lake Winnie's director of sales and catering and board president of the park.
Chambliss Center for Children provides care for more than 650 children every day through an early childhood education and extended child-care program, as well as a residential program.