Senior Center Brunch a success | Letter
Published 1:06 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2015
On Saturday, March 21, the Orcas Island Senior Center hosted a Spring Brunch for the community that was a big success on multiple levels. This was definitely a funraiser! The room was filled with friends, families and fans of the Senior Center, and we earned over $2,000 in support of our senior meal program. Special thanks to Christina Orchid for the wonderful food! We also want to thank the many other helping hands that made this event possible, including Senior Center chef Jay Savell, our friends and collaborators from the Whatcom Council on Aging and all of the volunteers that sold tickets and worked the event. Most importantly, thank you to everyone who attended in support of our nutrition program.
Every Tuesday and Friday, The Orcas Senior Center serves donation-based Senior Community Meals, and volunteer drivers deliver meals to home-bound seniors.
Last year, we served 8,800 meals to seniors on Orcas! These community meals allow our island elders a chance to make connections and socialize over a healthy meal.
However, the affordable cost of the donation-based lunches and the Meals on Wheels program does not cover the expenses of providing the meals.
This successful brunch fundraiser supports our ability to have a thriving nutrition program, so thank you again to everybody that joined us.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to support the Senior Center’s community meals or other programming, please send your contribution to PO Box 1653, Eastsound, WA 98245. We are also always on the lookout for additional volunteers, so please contact Jami Mitchell at orcasseniorcenter@gmail.com if you want to lend a helping hand.
A thriving Senior Center bodes well for all of us. Thank you for your support of this important community hub.
Orcas Island Senior Center Manager
