Sally Frost has only called 10 Wilmington Place home for one month, yet her calendar is already filling up. A lifelong volunteer, she likes her days full and her friends close.

A life rooted in service

Much of Sally’s community spirit traces back to Sigma Phi Gamma, the friendship sorority she joined at eighteen. “I’m an almost 75 year member,” she notes, “and our philosophy is doing mission work, making money, and giving it away.” The sorority’s focus on service helped steer her toward decades of volunteering, including thirty years at Hospice of Dayton. “Today, I’m the popcorn lady. We call ourselves the ‘Hot Poppers’.”

A winding career and quick decisions

Sally’s resumé spans insurance offices, advertising, media, radio stations, county social services, even bookkeeping for her late husband’s business. Quick decisions have shaped her housing, too. After touring a vacant apartment at 10 Wilmington with her children, she surprised everyone, herself included: “It was a snap decision on my part. I said, ‘OK, I’ll take it!’” Sally was familiar with 10 Wilmington Place because she worked for the Montgomery County Nursing Home Division to oversee medicaid and medicare funding locally. 

Family first

Four children, seven grandchildren, and three great‑grandchildren are scattered between Carmel, Indiana, Dublin, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Phoenix, Arizona. Monthly hormone shots for metastatic breast cancer brings her daughter from Columbus. “She makes it her business and she knows more about me than I do,” Sally laughs. The kids pushed hardest for the move, convinced she needed quicker access to meals, housekeeping, and medical help. 

Settling into Wilmington Avenue

Sally plays dominoes with her church group and hopes to find card partners who know the game she loves. “There’s this card game called Hand, Knee, and Foot,” she explains. Around campus she enjoys easy conversations and making new friends.

Sally’s simple philosophy

Asked for life advice, her answer is brisk and unmistakably Sally:

“By keeping busy, I don’t have time to worry about me.”

Busy she remains, whether passing out popcorn for hospice families, getting together with friends, planning the next sorority fundraiser, or lunches with many friends. With her children just a short drive away, Sally admits 10 Wilmington offers one perk she cannot resist: more chances for family pop‑ins and fewer empty hours. An active life of service and friendship fits perfectly inside her new space on Wilmington Avenue.

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