Hang around Sylvia for longer than 30 seconds and you’ll immediately know why women on our ICU Mobile Unit are drawn to her. She is compassionate, kind and genuine. We are thankful for how well she serves her clients and The HOPE Center!
Name: Sylvia Comer
Title: ICU Mobile, Earn While You Learn Advocate
When did you start at The HOPE Center? January 2011 as Volunteer Advocate
How did you initially get connected with The HOPE Center? Teresa Willis (our previous Finance Director of 30 years) told me that I should go through the training after having many conversations during our girls’ cheer practice.
How have you seen God work through this ministry? Women have been encouraged to hope for what God will do in their lives, babies have survived and are welcomed by a loving mother.
Favorite memory with The HOPE Center? Being on the mobile with Freddie.
Favorite bible verse? James 1:2-4 and Psalm 139
Fun fact about you? I love to dance,
Favorite color? Magenta
Favorite food? Seafood
You have your own late night talk show, who do you invite as your first guest? Sojourner Truth. I would like to ask about the courage she had to stand up to the power of the land for the rights of African Americans and women when neither had rights in the US. How after gaining her own freedom from slavery, she had the courage to fight for the freedom and rights of others.
You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? “Stop in the Name of Love” by The Supremes
If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life what would it be? Beans and Rice. I love warm comfort food. Different varieties of beans.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? A nurse.