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Akeley Area Senior Citizens Club
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Business Meetings -
First Wednesday of each month @ 10am
Coffee & Treats every
Mon-Wed-Fri from 9am - 10:00 a.m. at the center.
All You Can Eat
Pancake Breakfast - April thru Dec. First
Saturday each month 8am-10:30am
Health Assessment Clinic
every 3 months @
The Senior Center - call the center @
652-2818.
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President:
Elaine Kelsey
Vice President:
Diane Ridlon
Secretary:
Helen Fletcher
Treasurer
Dorothy Willhaus
218-652-2818
NOON MEALS
A tasty noon meal is served at
Headwaters Restaurant (652-3611)
every week day starting at 11:30 a.m. The meal is open to
the public and the cost to seniors (60 and over) is $3.25.
Good food and fellowship make a meal
enjoyable. If you are unable to attend your meals can be delivered
to your home. You may qualify thru Social Services. Let the
Seniors know if there is anyone in the Akeley area who needs meals.
Lutheran Social Services can help.
NUTRITION PROGRAM
NAPS (Nutrition
Assistance Program for Seniors) and MAC (Mothers and Children) programs
are available to residents in this area. The Akeley site serves
people from Akeley, Nevis, Park Rapids and Laporte. NAPS provides
a box of food each month to seniors 60 years or older who meet federal
income guides. MAC is for families where a child is under 6 and
not currently on WIC. MAC also provides for food, such as fruits,
vegetables and juice, cheese, cereal, etc.
To apply or find
out more, please call Irma Vanden Eykel (218 652 3177) for an
application form. Delivery to the Akeley site is the 3rd or 4th
Wednesday of every month.
HEARTLAND EXPRESS
Call ahead for
schedule & time. 218-732-9328
The Heartland
Express is a public transportation service so anyone can ride. You
must, however, make reservations. Call 732-9328 between 8:00 a.m.
and noon Mon. thru Fri. or long distance 1-800-660-1666. The bus
can come to Akeley on Mon., Wed., or Fri.
Call 732-9328 between 8-noon.
House Cleaning and homemaking skills
available to qualified Seniors. Call Mahube at 732-7204
Seniors are to call Mahube at 732-7204 for Energy Assistance
guidelines and for guidelines on prescription drugs.
Call Senior Linkage Line at 1-800-333-2433 for a packet on Bioterrorism.
A big "thank
you" to the Akeley VFW and Auxiliary with the Akeley Lions for the
wonderful gift of 150 fruit baskets delivered throughout the Akeley area
during the holidays.
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