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Retired no more: A Texas octogenarian advocates for seniors

An advocate for older people in Texas for 30 years, Doris Griffin came out of retirement to help seniors stay healthy and avoid isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To talk the talk is one thing, the saying goes. But to walk the walk, the way senior citizen advocate Doris Griffin does, in her trademark high heels – for 75 years – is another thing, entirely.

The click of her heels down the hallways of government offices and senior centers is the sound of the upbeat energy that the
octogenarian is known for in her work. And that work for the past three decades, say those who know her, has been important: Much of the support services for older adults in the San Antonio area exists because of her.

“I know what it is to feel isolated and lonely, and that’s what they feel all

Finding purpose“A way of life”

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