50 Years of Senior Nutrition Program
Leaders of our community participated in a special March for Meals celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the Older Americans Act Senior Nutrition Program, the federal legislation that helps to partially fund community-based programs like Spectrum Community Services’ Meals on Wheels and Senior Meals. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors declared the month of March “March for Meals with a proclamation at their March 22nd meeting.
On March 22, representatives including HARD General Manager James Wheeler, President Carol Perriera and Director Peter Rosen, along with MAC member, Tojo Thomas and Constituent Liaison, Ashley Strasburg, from Supervisor Nate Miley's office showed their support to help raise awareness for the growing number of older adults in Alameda County facing hunger and isolation, both serious problems that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The representatives visited Kenneth C. Aitken Senior Center in Castro Valley to help prepare and distribute healthy meals to seniors who rely on the program daily.
If you are aged 60 and better and would like to learn more about Meals on Wheels and Senior Meals please go to SpectrumCS.org or call 510-881-0300. Spectrum is also seeking volunteers to help serve or deliver meals at various distribution sites.
Spectrum's Meals on Wheels and Senior Meals programs are not fully funded by the government and that funding gap means they rely heavily on private and individual donations to ensure that no seniors are ever turned away. Online donations and information about Spectrum’s upcoming in-person wine & food pairing fundraising event, Show Your Love, are available online.
