Manny’s 117th Birthday

Our highlights from Emmanuelle’s socially-distanced birthday party!


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On the day, a group of us gathered on Zoom to join Manny and her on-site support team.

Manny is presented with her birthday cake, made of dandelions, strawberries and banana. Within just a few minutes, it’s all gone, and she wanders back for an afternoon nap.
Manny eating her cake!

Throughout the day, people shared their tortoise-themed memories and creations on Facebook and Instagram, and some of these are also on the JCR website.

One of the most popular submissions was from Julian Thompson with some childhood photos, and Anna (10) and Catherine (8) with an amazing meringue cake!