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Jane Kelly, 94, sat at a table in the cozy Third Avenue coffee shop Caffe Café Thursday morning with her friends Judith Grimaldi, Pierre Lehu, Marianne Nicolosi and Todd Fliedner chatting about her life as a senior citizen in Bay Ridge.
Kelly, a retired Catholic school teacher who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 50 years, is active in several civic improvement organizations, including the Bay Ridge Community Council and the Bay Ridge Council for the Aging. She was asked what advice she would share with other older adults hoping to remain active and in good health.
Her advice was simple. “Keep active. There are so many organizations that need volunteers,” she said in a soft-spoken voice.