BECKER, Minn. (FOX 9) - After a Becker, Minnesota girl’s 4th birthday party was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, neighbors put on a parade Saturday to help her celebrate instead.
Amy Drehmel told FOX 9 her daughter, Elly, had been talking about her birthday party for weeks and, despite her parents trying to explain why her friends could not come over anymore due to social distance guidelines, she did not understand that it was not going to happen.
The party was supposed to start at 2 p.m. on Saturday. So, at the suggestion of one of her other daughters, Amy posted to their neighborhood’s Facebook group asking people to come by their house at that time to wave to Elly and wish her happy birthday.