Dorothy Sedley, who is known around campus as “Dot the Can Lady”, has moved to Redding, California, because of health complications, according to multiple staff members at Technical Support on campus.

Sedley was a daily fixture around campus for 16 years, voluntarily collecting recyclables to raise money to fund scholarships for Fresno City College students.

As reported last semester, Sedley said she could no longer do the job because of her ailing health.

It was also because the college did not want to provide her a cart for the recycling duties, according to Sedley.

The Rampage has now learned, according to staff at Technical support on campus, that Sedley left two weeks ago to Redding, California to live with her daughter because of her health.

Friends of Sedley such as FCC Wrestling coach Paul Keysaw thought he would see her on campus at the beginning of the fall semester where she was supposed to tutor in “the Zone”, the athletic departments tutorial center.

Learning of Sedley’s departure, coach Keysaw said he was sad that he would no longer be seeing his friend of six-years.

“I am bummed,” Keysaw said. “I wish I would have had a chance to say goodbye to her and give her a hug.”

He added that he was grateful for all the support she gave all the different departments at FCC with her recycling money, which included his wrestling program.

“She’s just an absolutely wonderful woman,” he said. “We need more people in the world like her for sure.”

The recycling duties that “Dot the Can Lady”, used to do have now been handed over to the Fresno EOC Local Conservation Corp, which is handled by Jennifer Duran, interim recycling program manager.

Duran said two years ago they began a collaboration with Sedley and that they are thankful to have taken over the program fully.

“It is an honor to be trusted with that and carry on the legacy of providing educational opportunities,” said Duran.

She said that “Dot” really appreciated the opportunities the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission Corp. was giving their young people, and that was inspiring to her.

The Go-Green Scholarships, which Sedley founded, will continue to be awarded, but it is still unknown what the process is now that Sedley will not be making the designations herself.