Community Corner

Is the YMCA Pool the Fountain of Youth?

11Alive interviewed 100 year old Margaret Tanner who says water aerobics at the Y keeps her young.

Lawrenceville resident Margaret Tanner turned 100 on January 8th. City Councilman Tony Powell acknowledged Tanner's 100th birthday at and asked the city to formally recognize her. Plans are now in the works.

11Alive's Jennifer Leslie interviewed Tanner at the J.M. Tull-Gwinnett Family YMCA on Sugarloaf Pkwy where she does water aerobics weekly. "It wakes you up and makes you want to start moving," Tanner told Leslie. "The water is so soothing." 


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