Even after Ravenna resident Clyde Adams’ six children grew up and ventured out on their own, her work was not done, working as a Foster Grandparent for the AmeriCorps Senior program. AmeriCorps honored Adams for her 20 years of service at a retirement party last Thursday afternoon at Axess Family Services in Ravenna.
“I just like to see people laugh,” Adams told The Weekly Villager. “It is not because I am making them laugh, it is because I enjoy it. I just like people.”
For the last five years, Adams, 97, has exclusively worked as a Foster Grandparent at Willyard Elementary School, where she has volunteered her time with first and second grade students and mentored, tutored, and played with the children.
According to Willyard Teacher Angela Kohl, Adams has had a massive impact on her students…