DADE CITY, Fla. — Our latest Everyday Hero is a Pasco County woman whose perseverance and passion have helped her impact people's lives for more than 20 years.
What You Need To Know
- It was at the Daystar Hope Center in Dade City where we met Carolyn Davis
- She volunteers there and refuses to let early onset Parkinson's disease get in her way
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It was at the Daystar Hope Center in Dade City where we met Carolyn Davis. She told us about some of her duties.
“I run the check-out counter. I put stuff out for sale. Just different things like that,” she said.
Carolyn has had to deal with early onset Parkinson’s disease most of her life but refuses to let it get in her way.
Her daughter Tammy also volunteers here. She says her mom never complains and has never missed a day.
“It makes me feel good. We have a lot of people come in here with a sad face, and when they leave with their stuff they’re all happy,” Carolyn said.
We spoke with Sister Jean Abbot, who has been here since 2001, about the Daystar Hope Center.
“We try to provide for the needs of the local community, and we do that with food items and items for a household or clothing,” she said.
When asked about Carolyn she began with seven pretty remarkable words.
“Carolyn is a saint of some kind,” Abbot said.
“She does wonderfully. She raised a family and she never stopped volunteering one place or another she’s always doing something useful.”
The Hope Center depends on contributions, financial support and volunteers and all are needed now.
Currently because of staff size they can only be opened two days a week.
So if you’re in the neighborhood, drop in. No doubt you’ll meet Carolyn.
“Makes me feel good to know that I helped someone,” she said.