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Yahoo
04-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Washington County seniors benefit from weekend ‘Legacy Gala'
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD. (DC News Now) — Final preparations are underway for Saturday night's 'Light Up the Night' legacy gala in Hagerstown. The sold-out fundraising event is a way for the community to support several programs to help older adults with housing, nutrition and staffing senior centers. Road in Hagerstown to be temporarily closed for 2 weeks Curt Miller with the Washington County Commission on Aging says contributions go a long way to providing those high-demand services. 'Programs like Meals of Wheels, home care — getting services out to those who are vulnerable. There are times when we are dealing with waiting lists to try to meet the needs of seniors,' said Miller. Miller said he hopes the weekend event will shorten the waiting lists for senior services in Washington County. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Rockford seniors receive more than just meals from Meals on Wheels program
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — March marks 53 years since federal law allowed the funding for crucial senior programs, including Meals on Wheels, which is celebrating an anniversary. In Rockford, Illinois Reps. Maurice West (D), Dave Vella (D), and Joe Sosnowski (R) rode along with Lifescape Community Services' meal deliveries. Lifescape administrators said the Meals of Wheels program offers more than just a daily meal, but an opportunity to check in on the seniors they serve. Lifescape's lead kitchen associate, Quanza Moore, related an experience she had with one recipient, saying, 'I let her know that I was the person who prepared her food and everything. And she thanked me so much and she said, 'Sometimes I don't see anybody. And this sometimes is the only thing that I have to eat in a day.' So, that right there sold me and brought me in. I said, I'm down. And this was early on. So it's probably like 2013. So I've been here since then. Because of that, if I can save one person or if I can make one person happy, I'm happy.' Lifescape serves adults aged 60 and up, and younger adults with disabilities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
