Barre, VT (March 17, 2022) – This March, Central Vermont Council on Growing old (CVCOA) joins the Administration for Group Residing and diet service suppliers throughout the nation to have a good time the fiftieth anniversary of the nationwide Senior Diet Program.
Since 1972, the Senior Diet Program has supported diet providers for older adults. Funded by the Older Individuals Act, native diet applications function hubs for older adults (60 and older) to entry nutritious meals and different important providers that strengthen social connections and promote well being and well-being.
Diet applications for older adults are actually extra essential than ever. Every year within the U.S., as much as half of adults age 65 and older are susceptible to malnutrition, and greater than 10 million face starvation. Final 12 months, diet applications in Central Vermont helped cut back starvation for older adults by offering 222,197 home-delivered, congregate, and grab-and-go meals. These 12 diet applications all through Central Vermont are important for assuaging meals insecurity in our communities.
In October 2021, CVCOA honored their dedication to offering nutritious meals and their dedication to continued service through the pandemic with Group of Power Awards. “We’re grateful for our companions who’re addressing the problems of senior starvation and isolation domestically, making certain that our central Vermont older adults reside extra nourished and impartial lives in their very own properties,” says Kathy Paquet, Diet and Wellness Director at CVCOA.
In communities all through the U.S. – together with our personal – older adults typically lack entry to the high-quality, nutritious meals they should stay wholesome and impartial. As a part of the Senior Diet Program community, CVCOA helps older adults in our neighborhood by selling wholesome consuming, lowering social isolation, and enhancing well being. Our program additionally offers connections to house and community-based providers that may assist independence and general well-being.
For 50 years, diet providers have helped create wholesome, robust communities the place all members can flourish no matter their age. That’s why we proudly acknowledge this milestone anniversary of the nationwide Senior Diet Program and its super influence on the well being and well-being of older adults in our neighborhood. Be part of us in honoring this essential milestone for the diet applications in Central Vermont and the older adults who depend on the nutritious meals they supply in our communities. Collectively, we sit up for one other 50 years and past!
Study extra about diet applications in Central Vermont on-line at www.cvcoa.org/food-and-nutrition.html or name the CVCOA Helpline at 1-802-477-1364 when you want help accessing diet applications. Discover the diet website close to you to assist their efforts throughout March for Meals.
Be part of CVCOA in honoring this 50-year anniversary by donating to assist diet applications in Central Vermont throughout our 2022 March for Meals Marketing campaign. Make your donation on-line at www.cvcoa.org or by sending a test to: Central Vermont Council on Growing old, 59 N. Foremost St., Suite 200, Barre, VT 05641.
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Central Vermont Council on Growing old (CVCOA) helps older Central Vermonters to age with dignity and selection in 54 cities. Go to the CVCOA web site at www.cvcoa.org or name the CVCOA Helpline at 1-802-477-1364 for extra data or help. CVCOA is situated at 59 North Foremost Road, Suite 200 in Barre with regional workplaces situated in Morrisville, Randolph, South Royalton and Rochester.
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