If I had one word to describe 107-year-old Anna Del Priore, it would be “survivor.” Over a century ago, she caught the Spanish Flu as a six-year-old girl and beat it. Recently, she triumphed over another hurdle: COVID-19. Now back to her usual self, this tough woman is looking forward to turning a year older …
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“Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout.” At 98 years old, this woman in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, continues to live by this ideology. Ronnie Backenstoe has been a member of the organization since 1932, and this energetic soul shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Ronnie was born in 1922, and it was when she …
Nobody knows dedication like Sharon Bradley, an 85-year-old educator who teaches health science at Naaman Forest High School outside Dallas. While most people her age are already enjoying their retirement years, Sharon doesn’t see herself taking the same path. Work keeps her alive, and the fact that she hasn’t missed a single day of class …
After learning that one of his co-workers walks 12 miles home from work daily, a FedEx employee decides to start a fundraiser to buy her a car. 60-year-old Darlene currently works at FedEx in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as a package handler. She has been with the company for almost seven years and works the morning …
Birthday parties are a staple celebration – something that we think everyone has had at least once in their lives. But for Frances Buzzard, a janitor at Belle Elementary School in West Virginia, that was not the case. When the school hired Miss Frances – as she is known by staff and students – as …