Longtime YWCA supporter Andrea Rankin is one of America’s happiest people!

She was just profiled in an article in The Wall Street Journal about the 12% of respondents to a WSJ poll who said they are “very happy.” Below is what she told them.

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“Andrea Rankin: Focusing on community projects

ANDREA RANKIN (Andrea Rankin says she isn’t happy when she doesn’t have a project.)

Age: 80
Retired women’s health center director
Lives in: Cortland, N.Y.

Ms. Rankin worked for 25 years as director of a women’s health clinic. In retirement, she has stayed involved in her community.

“When I don’t have a project, I’m not happy,” said Ms. Rankin. Currently, she is writing grants to shore up Cortland’s aging YWCA building. Before that, she helped build housing units for domestic-violence victims. A major professional accomplishment, she said, was a communitywide project that cut teen pregnancy in her county.

Ms. Rankin is remarried after a divorce and said counseling helped her through hard times. She stays physically active, working out with friends four times a week.

“I’ve had a very full, wonderful life, and so if I died tomorrow, I would be satisfied with what I’ve accomplished,” said Ms. Rankin.”