104-Year-Old Emphasizes Community Involvement as Key to Longevity

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104-Year-Old Emphasizes Community Involvement as Key to Longevity
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Erline Dennis, a 104-year-old former teacher, attributes her long life to continuous community involvement and social interaction, supported by research on social fitness.

104-year-old on ‘the key' to a long, happy life: ‘Be active as much as you can' in your community—research backs her up Erline Dennis , 104, was a teacher for nearly 40 years. Though it's been decades since she retired, Dennis still has an impact on her former students. Many of the kids she taught back then are now senior adults, according to

Keeping family, friends and even those former students in her life is of extreme importance to Dennis, and it's a skill she's grateful that her friends remind her to strengthen."Continuing to be active as much as you can and the that you're around, that's the key I think," she told Fox 8. Dennis has a massive and engaged community. On her 100th birthday in 2020, her friends and family as well as many people from the community of High Point organized a drive-by birthday parade for her.

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