Congregate and Home Delivered Meal Programs

One cannot live on bread alone.

Everyone knows how important a healthy diet is.  It keeps you feeling and looking great.  And just as important is a full and active life.  That’s why Dining Senior Style combines good food with fun activities.  There is more than you would expect waiting for you at your local senior center.  Find out more.

CHIPPEWA COUNTY

Detour Center (906) 297-5471

Drummond Island Center (906) 493-5059

Pickford Center (906) 647-2204

Raber Center (906) 297-3805

Rudyard Center (906) 478-5041

Sewell Avery Center (906) 632-3363

Sugar Island Center (906) 635-9786

Whitefish Center (906) 492-3897

Kinross Center  (906) 495-5381

If you would like to invest in a community service that provides a helping hand to older Americans who are making every effort to maintain an independent way of life to the best of their ability, please consider a tax deductible financial gift or a gift of your time to the Congregate and Home Delivered Meals Program.

Your gift will go a long way in serving our area’s senior citizens.

This agency does not unlawfully discriminate against an individual group because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap, political affiliation or belief, age, marital status, height, weight, and parental status.

PROGRAMS FUNDED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY:

*MI OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING

*UPCAP AREA AGENCY OF AGING

*DONATIONS

*FEMA                            

*LOCAL MONIES

WHAT IS “HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM”?

The home delivered meals program is designed to assist homebound seniors with their dietary needs.

Over 75,000 meals were delivered to eligible homebound participants last year.

Each and every meal is a blend of good taste and balanced nutrition and is delivered to the homes of seniors who are not able to attend Congregate Meal Sites.

The Home Delivered Meal Program provides meals for seven days a week.

DO I QUALIFY?

There are basic requirements for Home Delivered Meals.  They are..

*You or your spouse are 60 years of age or older.

*You are homebound & cannot leave your home alone.

*You are unable to prepare meals.

*There is no other access to a nutritionally balanced diet.

HOW WILL I RECEIVE MY MEALS?

Efficient and caring drivers deliver meals to the homes of eligible participants.

HOW DO I START GETTING HOME DELIVERED MEALS?

Contact your nearest senior citizens center.

SAMPLE MENUS:

CHICKEN

WHIPPED POTATOES

CALIFORNIA BLEND

BREAD

CHERRY CRISP

PORK CHOP

SCALLOPED POTATOES

PEAS AND CAULIFLOWER

BREAD

FRUIT CUP

ROAST BEEF

OVEN BROWNED POTATOES

SAVORY CARROTS

BREAD

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

LASAGNA

GREEN BEANS

TOSSED SALAD

GARLIC BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

LUCE COUNTY

Newberry Center (906) 293-5621

MACKINAC COUNTY

Clark Center       (906) 484-9501

Curtis Center      (906) 586-9411

Garfield Center   (906) 477-6481

St. Ignace Center (906) 643-8595

WHAT IS “THE CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAM”?

A nutrition meal program designed for the 60+ population, where people are brought together to eat lunch and socialize in a group setting.  

Over 60,000 meals were served last year to congregate participants.

DO I QUALIFY?

If you are age 60 or over, you qualify.

I’M ON A SPECIAL DIET, WHAT DO I DO?

All meals meet or exceed one-third of the USDA recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals needed in the older individual’s diet.  A nutrition specialist monitors the sodium, vitamin and cholesterol content of the meals.

Meals are easily adjusted to the requirements of Diabetic diets.

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