Walnut Creek Seniors Celebrate Kentucky Derby & Mother's Day

WALNUT CREEK, CA — At Byron Park, a local senior-living community in Walnut Creek, recent festivities celebrated the 2022 Kentucky Derby, with a fashion show, and Mother's Day.

“For the past couple of years, we’ve had to pivot our Mother’s Day operations to accommodate the pandemic,” said Jennifer Pastora, Byron Park executive director. “Residents had to celebrate with their families from their balconies or remotely via Zoom, so we (were) thrilled to be able to bring families together this year in such a fun way.”

This year the two events fell on the same weekend, which allowed the facility to host a combo, community-wide event honoring motherhood, while simultaneously allowing residents to participate in “the greatest two minutes in sports,” management said.

During the Kentucky Derby fashion show, resident moms and their daughters modeled clothing from Iva Elliot of women’s styling brand Girl Goodies, and showed off Southern belle-esque fashion pieces.

Following the fashion show, residents and guests watched Kentucky Derby action, with all “bets" donated to the Jewish Family & Community Services of East Bay in Walnut Creek.

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