PHOTO GALLERY: Images from 'Fly and Remember' at Gallup Park
Posted on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 : 11:48 a.m.
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A couple participants walk toward the Fly and Remember kite decorating event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. The event encourages people to remember those they have lost by personalizing a kite and flying it. The event was organized by Hospice of Michigan. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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A couple participants walk toward the Fly and Remember kite decorating event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. The event encourages people to remember those they have lost by personalizing a kite and flying it. The event was organized by Hospice of Michigan. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Brighten resident Bella Blom, 12, decorates a kite at the Fly and Remember kite decorating event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Participants were encourage to personalize kites with markers, stickers and more to tribute those they have lost. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Willis resident Sybil Johnson personalizes a kite dedicated to her late husband, Leland, at the Fly and Remember kite decorating event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Aalen Park resident Barb Gentner looks over her completed kite at the Fly and Remember kite decorating event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Gentner dedicated the kite to her late aunt Marge. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Aalen Park resident Barb Gentner flies a kite dedicated to her late aunt Marge at the Fly and Remember event Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Grace Support Services Manager Margie Martin reads during the memorial portion of the Fly and Remember event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Martin says the event is much larger than last year and enjoys seeing the look on people's faces. "Another great thing is that it's multi-generational," Martin says. "We can all do this together and have fun with it." Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Manchester resident Leah Nitchie flies a kite at the Fly and Remember event on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Nicholas Ray, 15, helps fly a kite with his grandmother at the Fly and Remember event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Nicholas Ray (left), 15, helps his grandmother Sybil Johnson (right) fly a kite at the Fly and Remember event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Nicholas Ray, 15, flies a kite dedicated to his grandfather Leland Johnson at the Fly and Remember event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Aalen Park resident Barb Gentner flies a kite with other participants at the Fly and Remember event Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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A Fly and Remember event participant flies a kite at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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A personalized kite flutters in the wind at the Fly and Remember event at Gallup Park on Tuesday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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A crowd of people gathered at sunset on Tuesday in Ann Arbor's Gallup Park to decorate and fly kites as a tribute to those they have lost.
Participants were encouraged to personalize the kite with sayings, stickers and artwork to remember their loved ones during the "Fly and Remember" event.
Coordinator of the Hospice of Michigan event Margie Martin explained the goal was to remind people they are not alone.
"A great thing about it is that it's multigenerational," Martin says. "We can all do this together and have fun with it."
Martin says it's special for her to see the looks and smiles on people's faces.
Daniel Brenner is an intern photographer for AnnArbor.com.
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