50 People To Know: 100-Year-Old Hospital Volunteer Celeste Vazzana

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Celeste Vazzana is a fixture in the gift shop at White Plains Hospital and has been for 28 years.

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Celeste Vazzana, 100, is a fixture in the gift shop at White Plains Hospital and has been for 28 years. (Credit: WCBS Newsradio 880)

She is one of the hospital's longest serving volunteers, but what makes her service all the more special is that she just celebrated her 100th birthday -- a century of smiles delivered at a place where people need cheering up.

Celeste Vazzana (Credit: WCBS Newsradio 880)

Vazzana has been working at the hospital since 1989 and tells WCBS' Sean Adams, "I just like to help people."

Sean Adams