For AARP Bulletin: Iverson Mall Walkers

Members of the Iverson Mall Walkers walk the upstairs at Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland Wednesday, September 14, 2011.     This was an early shoot (yaaaaawn/streeetch), but fun. You can check out the AARP Bulletin story here.Iverson Mall Walker Carrie L. Free, 86, takes on the role of “monitor,” Wednesday, September 14, 2011. She walks against the flow to make sure her fellow walkers are not showing any signs of distress.Gloria Dock, coordinator for the Iverson Mall Walkers, takes a few laps upstairs at Iverson Mall.Norma S. Smith, 86, photographed at the end of her walk Wednesday, September 14, 2011, is one of the founding members who started the Iverson Mall Walkers back in 1989. To this day she is the only consistently active member who walks Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland.Lifelong friends Joyce M. Shaw, 75, left, and Peggy V. Edwards, 66, keep each other company while walking the upstairs of Iverson Mall.Helen Lee, a member of the Iverson Mall Line Dancers, gets vocal and boisterous during their morning dance routine Wednesday, September 14, 2011. The line dancers are a faction of the Iverson Mall Walkers.Benjamin Stevenson, foreground, packs up his music collection after playing DJ to the Iverson Mall Walkers’ line dancing group.

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