DARTMOUTH — Three of David Danis' favorite activities are watching television, painting and helping those in need.
One TV program he watched a while ago helped pull it all together. David, a 43-year-old with Down syndrome, watched something about a struggling family whose children were getting sick from lack of food.
"The baby girl wasn't feeling well," David recalled with a frown on his normally smiling face. "She was sick."
That gave him the idea to do whatever he could to help people in need. David, a professional painter, told his mother he wanted to donate some of his work to help the struggling neighbors in his area.
"It was all David's idea," his mother, Evelyn Danis, said. "He loves to give. He loves to help others in the community."
David has donated 10 beautiful paintings to The Standard-Times for its Neediest Families Fund Day silent auction on Wednesday. Funds raised through the auction and other activities on Wednesday will benefit The Salvation Army's mission to help less-fortunate families during the holidays.
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