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SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Jodi Salisbury, a current Shelby Township resident, said that every year her family, the Hamden family, hosts a family reunion at River Bends Park, and this year they celebrated their 100th reunion on Sept. 7.
“We have been hosting our family reunion at Riverbends for 30-plus years. Unfortunately, I do not have the exact year,” Salisbury said.
They had 130 people come to the reunion this year.
“We all had matching Hamden T-shirts. We celebrated with a bounce house, popcorn, cotton candy, the egg toss, find-the-watermelon amongst many other games,” she said.
They started the day with a prayer and had a moment of silence for family members Nadine Hamden and Renee Camp, who passed away this year.
“We also prayed over Dallas Craighead who was sick at the time and has since passed,” she said.
They held this event in the Hickory Pavilion.
The youngest family member is Liam Hamden and the oldest family member is Gerry Paddon.
James Salisbury said it’s the best day of the year.
“Our family has made this event special and memorable. There is nothing like having all of your family together,” he said.
Jodi Salisbury said they are super excited to hit 100 years.
‘It was a great day filled with games, food and best of all, love. How amazing! One hundred times we have made this event happen and it just keeps getting better and better,” she said.
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