Huntington Park Senior Lunch Wellness Program
Huntington Park Senior Lunch Wellness Program
Project Budget: $20,000
City of Huntington Park, Parks and Recreation
www.hpca.gov/14/Parks-Recreation
The Senior Lunch Wellness Program will provide healthy meals to senior citizens, promote healthy eating habits while providing a friendly environment to reduce social isolation. The City of Huntington Park has a population of about 60,000 residents with the majority of the residents being of Latino/Hispanic descent. 7% of our residents are over the age of 65 and 29% of our residents are under the poverty line.
We are in the process of partnering with Human Services Association (HSA) to provide seniors congregate meals at Huntington Park Community Center. The Community Center currently has programming for seniors 3 times a week and the new goal is to implement and provide a healthy meal5 times a week. By partnering with HSA we would be able to have the community center open Monday thru Friday all while simultaneously being able to provide a healthy meal to our seniors and alleviate the financial stressors associated with securing their own meals.
This is such an essential “basic” life need for our seniors and it will totally contribute towards their overall well being. Thank you for the opportunity!
Congregate meals offer nutritional and social benefits. Eating with other seniors address the issue of isolation. This program benefits seniors who might be unable to purchase food or cook for themselves.
Our Seniors gave do much of themselves in their prime. It’s now time to take care of them.
I support the project!!
You typos in your description separate the word meal from the number 5 and you should really spell out the word through do not use thru you do not have to drive-thru the point….get it! 😛
Great support for the community
Great job they do.
Very essential to help these seniors in need
I support this program becose our senior need to have this program in our community , I realize our senior are so happy with this program thank you.
I feel with this project SELA grow up on a good way.
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It will help the elderly in something so basic as nutrition, a basic human right.
I’ve worked with seniors, so having a healthy meal while socializing really helps out their morale & overall well-being. It allows them to look forward to the next day.
This project would bring joy and an opportunity yo have healthy meals to our seniors
This community is highly populated. Our seniors need these improvements in programs and facilities.
We need to take care of our Seniors!!!
Our elders need all the support we can provide