Dozens say ‘aloha’ at Senior Prom
PROVIDENCE — Several dozen older adults celebrated a Hawaiian-themed “Senior Prom” with live music, dancing and refreshments Sept. 4 at the Bonnie & Donald Dwares Jewish Community Center.
This wasn’t the first prom. A 2023 issue of Jewish Rhode Island described its origins, saying the idea dates to 2022 with a conversation between Dorothy Retting and Rebecca D’arezzo, both of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, and Neal Drobnis, the Kosher Senior Cafe’s nutrition coordinator.
Each year the prom has a different theme. This year it was Hawaiian. In 2025, it was the "groovy" 1960s.
The prom was sponsored by the Alliance, Bay State Physical Therapy, Jewish Collaborative Services, the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center, the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, Quality Fruitland and the JCC.
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