Photo provided by Leah Yacoub Adopt a Grandparent movement catches on in Macomb County By: Alex Szwarc | C&G Newspapers | Published February 8, 2021 Several senior living facilities in Macomb County have benefitted from the movement, where balloon buddies are sent to a community. Pictured is a resident from Pine Ridge of Hayes in Sterling Heights. Photo provided by Leah Yacoub Advertisement MACOMB COUNTY — For those in Michigan living in senior care facilities, the pandemic has often meant isolation from family. Since January, Leah Yacoub has been part of the national movement among balloon artists called Adopt A Grandparent. In the span of a couple weeks, over 150 senior care residents have been adopted locally.