TAMPA, Fla. — A 92-year-old man has spent the past several decades volunteering around Tampa Bay. Don Clark was a volunteer usher at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts for 36 years. He also volunteered at a downtown Tampa soup kitchen. Now he is organizing tours of fascinating sites for his fellow residents at a senior community.

Clark said he needed to retire as an usher at the Straz because of a knee issue but he still gets around well. Clark likes to check out the places for his neighbors to visit before he sets up a tour for a resident.

“I just enjoy going and seeing and doing things,” he said. 

Clark still has a youthful enthusiasm for life, “I’m always looking for something new to see and do.”

On a recent morning, he was leading his fellow residents of the Renaissance North community onto a bus so they could travel to an historic downtown church for a tour.

“And just something that I think people would be interested in. Like going to the Catholic church,” said Clark. “Because I figure a lot of the people here are Catholic, but you don’t have to be a Catholic.”

Once Clark and his neighbors arrived at the historic Sacred Heart church, a tour guide had them sit in pews while she talked about the church’s history. Clark and the others listened intently.

The guide them took them on a walk around the church to show them some highlights. Clark was impressed.

“To me, the age of it. The beauty of it. All the stained-glass windows and altar and everything," he said. "To me, it’s just a fabulous church.”

Clark feels like he is really helping his neighbors by arranging the tours. They might be missing out by only seeing places like the Sacred Heart church from the outside.

“Everybody knows it’s here, but most people don’t know what’s inside. Inside it’s a completely different world than looking at it from the outside,” he said.

Clark has also led visits to see the artwork at the Raymond James office complex in St. Petersburg and spots at Raymond James stadium usually not seen by the public.