About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when everyone else had gone home, a delivery driver parked outside DePaul Community Health Center and muttered under his breath, ‘I’m sure I saw someone watching me from those bushes.’ Suddenly, a cat jumped out of the bushes and started chasing its tail. The driver laughed nervously, thinking maybe he’d been seeing things after all. Then, a friendly voice called from inside: ‘Hey, did you forget something?’
2. In the early morning hours, when most clinics were locked tight and quiet, a delivery driver pulled up outside DePaul Community Health Center with a puzzled look on his face. He’d been delivering packages here for years, but today something felt off—an unfamiliar shadow moved across the parking lot. Curious, he got out of his truck and peered around the corner just in time to see an old man in a tattered jacket waving frantically from behind the dumpster. ‘Delivery boy,’ the man called out, ‘can you help me? I seem to be lost!’ The delivery driver laughed and shook his head, knowing full well that DePaul was right where it always was. Turns out, the elderly gentleman had simply taken a wrong turn while walking home from the park.
3. Late one afternoon, as a regular was leaving the clinic's parking lot, he noticed something peculiar: an unfamiliar scent wafting from the building's vents. Curious, he followed his nose inside and found the source—a batch of freshly brewed coffee from the staff kitchen. Turns out, it had been wafting through the air conditioning all day, making everyone in the neighborhood feel like they were part of some secret club—those who could smell the good stuff before anyone else.
4. Late one afternoon, as a nurse was locking up for the day, she heard a tiny voice from behind the reception desk. ‘Mommy, why is that lady talking to herself?’ Smiling gently, the nurse whispered back, 'She’s not talking to herself, sweetie. She’s just saying goodbye to her patients.' The little girl thought for a moment and then asked curiously, 'Does that mean I can say goodbye to you too?'