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Miss Goldsboro Teen seeks volunteers and sponsors for 'Sound of Smiles' baby‑doll drive for dementia patients
Summary
Olivia Lancaster, Miss Goldsboro's Teen 2025, presented the 'Sound of Smiles' initiative at the Goldsboro City Council meeting and asked the community for volunteers, website help and donations of baby dolls and bears to comfort residents with dementia.
Olivia Lancaster, Miss Goldsboro’s Teen 2025, told the Goldsboro City Council on April 7 about a community drive collecting baby dolls and bears to comfort local residents with dementia and asked the city and community groups for help recruiting volunteers, building a website and finding a t‑shirt sponsor.
Lancaster said her “Sound of Smiles” project visits dementia care facilities and uses music — 1950s, ’60s and ’70s songs — to comfort residents. The current drive began Feb. 23 and is scheduled to run through April with the possibility of extension; Lancaster said donations are being collected at the First Church of Goldsboro, Wayne School of Engineering, Wayne Ophthalmology and the Wayne County Museum and will be distributed to area dementia care facilities.
“Baby dolls and bears help reduce anxiety and agitation, give…
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