Community Action celebrates 60 years
Community Action Central Office in Bowling Green – Employees and helpers from other centers Front row: Kathy Fugate and Brenda Jimenez; Back row: Krista Graves, Marlene Webb, Shae Newby, Pam Simmons, Bridget Lutenski, Teresa Jones, Kim Huffman, and Jamison Calloway. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
By Beverly Bonilla
Jobe Publishing, Inc.
This year, Community Action is celebrating 60 years of helping seniors in 13 locations in 10 counties. Last Wednesday, many of the employees and volunteers gathered from the various counties to celebrate and take part in the annual Employee and Volunteer Appreciation Day.
The event was held at the beautiful Auburn Fire Department in Auburn, KY. The Auburn Fire Department averages 25 firefighters, 14 of which are medically trained first responders. The Auburn Fire Department and the Auburn Rural Fire Department work closely together to provide the citizens and community of Auburn with fire protection services.
As reported today by Kathy Fugate, Program Director at Community Action in Bowling Green, this year Community Action has delivered 35,767 meals to the homes of seniors across the 10 counties and has served 31,737 in-house congregate meals at the Senior Centers in those counties.
Each Senior Center has an assortment of activities planned weekly for seniors to come and enjoy. Many come for physical activities, to gather information, to meet new people, or to just come hang out in the center and watch TV with friends.
Community Action is involved in many more activities and programs that will benefit seniors in your community such as collecting their commodities, offering Farmers, Market Vouchers, health fairs, resource fairs, vaccination clinics, Older Americans Month events, cooking classes, Tai Chi, walking, beginning line dancing, advance line dancing, exercising, card games, crafts, cornhole, bingo, transport, information and referral services, nutrition education, outreach, telephone reassurance, medical supplies and Rx refills to name a few.
If you are a senior or know a senior who needs help with one or many of these services that Community Action offers, please call your local Community Action in your town (Metcalfe is 270-432-4006). There is always someone who can help you with what you need. Or you can contact BRADD at 270-782-9223 if you need to set up home delivery meals for you or a senior you may know.
Members of the centers must be at least 60 years old (Spouses are eligible regardless of age) and there is no income requirement.
Metcalfe County Senior Center – Jimmy Young and Patty Brown Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Hart Co and Cave City Senior Center – Bottom: Nancy Haycraft, Alice Shirley, Barbara Driver, Top: Teresa Jones, Glenn Bradley, Mike Devlin, Harriet Buchanan, Sheila Faulkner, David Faulkner Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Barren Co. Senior Center – Sheila Faulkner and David FaulknerPhoto by Beverly Bonilla
Edmonson Co Senior Center – Bottom: Marie Carroll, Marilyn Jackson, Linda Wilson Top: Ronnie Griffith, Marlene Webb, Charlotte Brooks Robert Blanton. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Longest Employee was Marlene Webb almost 23 years. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Certificate given to the two longest Volunteers. They started the same day in 2004 at Hart Co Senior Center. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Auburn Mayor Mike Hughes speaking to the Employees and Volunteers of Community Action. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Auburn Fire Department Chief Jay Woodward, Rhonda Sullivan and Auburn Mayor Mike Hughes. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Front of Auburn Fire Department Photo by Beverly Bonilla
Butler Co Senior Center – Bottom Kathy Fugate, Beverly Bonilla Top Donna Meier, David Meier, Wanda Nevins and Donna White. Photo by Beverly Bonilla
