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March 17, 2015 • Page 10
The Center ‘Rocks’ For A Cause
By Shauna Marlette
Yankton Daily Press &
Dakotan
Center, where you can
place money in the jar
to support the person
of your choice.”
Each pair of rockers will
“battle” for 30 minutes.
“While they are battling,
the participants will be
trying to raise money
and people can call
in with donations,
as well,” Hauer said.
“They are already out
there fundraising, and
I hope it gets to be a
big competition to see
who can raise the most
money.”
The event starts at
10 a.m. and goes until
2:30 p.m. It will also
feature live broadcasts
from Scott Kooistra at
KYNT. Hauer noted that
Cathy Lynch-Becker
of Modern Woodmen
of America has offered
to match the first $500
raised.
“I really think it is going
to be a lot of fun and
hope the community
embraces it and helps
us raise money for
our March For Meals
fundraiser,” Hauer said.
“We do a lot of good
work here at The Center
and every dollar we
raise goes to our meals
Christy Hauer,
executive director of
The Center in Yankton,
has a message she
wants to share: “We
are doing great things
here.”
In order to continue
to offer a variety of
programming, The
Center is telling
community leaders to
get “Rockin’” — in a
rocking chair that is.
The Center is planning
its first ever “Rock-AThon” for Tuesday,
March 17.
“We have lined up
several community
leaders who are
going to have a ‘Rockoff’ against another
community member to
see who can raise the
most money,” Hauer
said. “There will be a
winner of each rock-off,
and an overall winner
for the person who
raises the most money.
The rockers are already
out there raising funds
and we have jars with
each of their pictures
on them here at The
programing. We served
46,836 meals last year;
nearly 17,000 of those
were through our Meals
On Wheels program. We
served $1,800-$2,000
free meals a month.”
Last year, that totaled
more than 5,000
free meals served in
addition to all the other
programming offered at
The Center.
Hauer explained that
the Meals On Wheels
program can be the
difference for many
seniors of remaining in
their homes or needing
to relocate to a nursing
facility.
“The nutritious meal,
friendly visit and
safety check help them
cope with three of the
biggest threats of aging:
hunger, isolation and
loss of independence,”
she said. “It costs less
to provide a senior
Meals on Wheels for
an entire year than it
costs to spend one day
in the hospital or six
days in a nursing home.
It saves us all billions of
dollars in unnecessary
Medicaid and Medicare
expenses every year.”
March For Meals is a national campaign, initiated and sponsored by the
Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), to raise awareness of
Senior hunger and to encourage action on the part of the local community.
Senior nutrition programs across the United States, like The Center in
Yankton, promote March for Meals in their local communities through
public events, partnerships with local businesses and schools, volunteer
recruitment and fundraising initiatives. Meals on Wheels programs
across the country thru Senior Nutrition Programs are a part of the Older
Americans Act. The OAA is a primary piece of federal legislation that
authorizes and supports vital nutrition services, both congregate and
Meals on Wheels, to Americans ages 60 and older. March for Meals is a
time when communities can come together to stand with their local Meals
on Wheels programs and support our mission to end Senior hunger in
America by the year 2020. Locally the Nutrition program serves nearly
47,000 meals annually. Over 5,000 meals are donated to Senior’s who are
well below the poverty level and cannot afford to pay. Nationwide the
Meals on Wheels program saves the government and tax payers millions
of dollars in long term care cost, while keeping Seniors independent in
the comfort of their own home. “We would like to thank our volunteers
and area churches for delivering our meals. Beadle School, Yankton
Middle School, businesses, individuals, service clubs, and churches are
all stepping up to support our annual March for Meals campaign. City
officials are volunteering their time to serve and deliver meals in an effort
to create community awareness,” said Executive Director Christy Hauer. If
you would like to eradicate Senior hunger and assure that “No Senior Goes
Hungry” you can donate your time or money to the Yankton Area Meals on
Wheels program. Plan to attend our 8th Annual Wine and Dine event on
March 21st at The Center, tickets are only $30. Just call 665-4685 or email
chauer@thecenteryankton.org to reserve tickets.
“so no senior goes hungry...”
‘Champions Week’
By Rob Nielsen
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
Kristy Hauer and Julie Greenfield are pictured with two of the fundraising efforts
currently going on at The Center in Yankton. The jars, each with a photo of the
person they represent are part of the “Rockin’ For Meals” fundraiser going on
Tuesday, March 17, while the shamrocks on the wall are part of a month-long
raffle going on at The Center.”
Thank You!
for you support to help end Senior
hunger in America by the year 2020.
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The city of Yankton proclaimed its
full support for March for Meals
during Monday night’s meeting of
the Yankton City Commission.
Mayor Dave Carda read aloud a
proclamation naming the week of
March 16-21, 2015 as Community
Champions Week to commemorate
the 41st anniversary of Meals on
Wheels and raise awareness of
senior hunger.
Christy Hauer, director of the
Yankton Senior Center, was on hand
to talk about the work The Center
does in the community on the issue
of senior hunger.
“Senior hunger in Yankton is a
serious problem, and I’m really
thrilled to be able to shine a light
on it and create some community
awareness that it is a problem,”
Hauer said. “We give away $1,800$2,000 worth of meals to people that
cannot afford to purchase a meal.
If you know about our program, it’s
only $3.50 to purchase a meal, and
they don’t even have that.”
She gave the commission an
example of just how much the
program means to seniors in the
community.
“Just the other day, we had a
couple come in to sign up for our
commodities program and these
two seniors are living on $800 per
month,” she said. “When we gave
them that box of food, they were
just elated. It was like they won the
lottery.”
Hauer said The Center provides
47,000 total meals per year with
17,000 going to seniors that are
home-bound.
She added that The Center intends
to make it more than a Community
Champions Week, though.
“It’s Community Champions Week
and we’re making it a Community
Champion’s Month — the whole
month of March we’re creating
awareness,” she said.
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