Beverly suffers from cancer, lives on a fixed income and struggles to find enough money to pay for basic necessities. She receives food through one of our partner agencies and is so grateful for the nourishment to help her through the month.
May is Older Americans Month. Many of the seniors we and our partner agencies help are dealing with serious health issues, living on small fixed incomes and making difficult choices about whether to eat or pay for rent, utilities, transportation or medicine. After working their entire lives and saving what they could, too many seniors find themselves living in or near poverty.
This month we recognize the needs of seniors in our community and can report we’re making a difference for them. In addition to serving seniors through our partner agencies, our mobile pantry and Senior Totes of Hope®, each month we provide USDA food boxes for more than 10,000 low-income seniors throughout our service area.
We couldn’t do what we do without your support! If you’d like to help us help our senior citizens there are many things you can do.
- Follow our social media posts and tag #solveseniorhunger to spread the word.
- Groups of 10 or more can help us pack USDA boxes and individuals and smaller groups can help us fill agency orders or sort donations in reclamation.
- Every dollar we receive becomes four meals for all our hungry neighbors.
- Reach out to your U.S. Senators and Representative; ask them to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, co-sponsor the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act and champion UDSA nutrition programs like the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
Thank you for supporting our efforts, reading our emails and taking time to make a big difference in the lives of hungry men, women and children.
Warm regards,
