In her late 80s, Ann Miller is hardly twiddling her thumbs. She leads an exercise group at Vantage House, plays bridge and loves solving crossword puzzles, which she does in ink.

A former public health nurse, she helped found the Maryland Food Bank in 1979. Her other accomplishments: She was a regional public health nurse during the occupation of Japan after World War II; as director of volunteers for the Baltimore City Health Department, she put high school kids in clinics as volunteers; and she helped get day care regulations on the books in Maryland.

"Day care was my big thing,” she says. “I got the regs written and helped organize courses for people who provided day care. The courses were to learn what you can do with children besides sit them in front of a television."

Ann Miller’s life has included very little television time. She even took a cruise around the world — on a freighter.