Nutrition Program

Lana Johnson, Nutrition Project Director and Rhonda Bramlett, Nutritionist

We welcome eligible senior citizens to stop by any one of these thirty-three centers to visit and participate in the day's activities.  These thirty-three centers are listed at the end of this page.

Eligible participants in services provided at the centers must be sixty years (60) of age or older, the spouse of an age eligible participant, or handicapped between the ages of eighteen and fifty-nine (18-59). There are two types of participants at the senior centers:

(1) Congregate - These are eligible participants that come into the center to take part in the services offered.

(2) Homebound - These are eligible participants that for a mental or physical reason are unable to come to the center to participate in activities.

All senior centers in the southeast Missouri service area offer a variety of services to the elderly in their community. There is no charge for any service offered in the centers, including the meal. Each center does have a suggested "contribution" based on the actual cost of the meal. No eligible participant shall be denied service because he/she cannot give the suggested contribution. While each center is funded through the AAA with both federal and state grants, these funds are limited and cannot cover the full cost of the meal. Your contribution helps to maintain and increase services that are offered.

The following services are offered in the SEMO AAA service area:

(1) Nutritious Meals

A hot nutritionally balanced lunch is served at each of the 33 centers in our service area. The meals are served in the congregate setting and it is delivered to the homebound daily. Each meal provides one-third of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Each center also makes available diabetic, low sodium, and low cholesterol diet menus. All menus are planned or approved by the Agency's Nutritionist.

Centers also provide emergency meal packets to each eligible homebound participant. This packet contains shelf stable foods that the participant can prepare should the center close. Other centers provide frozen weekend meals to their homebound participants, and others served breakfasts and brunches. These options vary from center to center.

 2) Nutrition Education

A nutrition education program must be presented at the senior centers once a quarter. A qualified Dietitian or Nutritionist must prepare the program. Topics can range from shopping for or preparation of food to special diets or vitamin and mineral information.

  (3) Health and Welfare Programs

These programs also vary form center to center and even from day to day. Some types of programs in this category are: legal (wills), educational (food stamps, social security), health (blood pressure, glaucoma, or hearing checks).

 (4) Recreation and Activities

This category of services varies more than any other service from center to center. Each site designs its activities based on the opinions of their participants. The center administrator may learn what activities the senior citizens want through word of mouth or from surveys. Just a few examples of activities found in the SEMO AAA area are: crafts, games, puzzles, dances, bingo, sing-a-longs, field trips, hay rides and picnics.

 (5) Outreach

Outreach is an on-going process for the center administrators and their volunteers. Outreach is a first time, face-to-face contact with someone not participating in the program. The purpose is to make that person aware of the services that we have to offer and hopefully entice that person to become an active participant.

 (6) Transportation and Escort

The senior center can contact transportation providers for the senior citizens. Escort is when someone may provide physical assistance to service recipients with functional impairments.

 

Center	Web Address	Phone #	Address	Administrator
Bismarck		734-2429	922 Center, 63624	Sandra Pratt
Bonne Terre		358-3726	420 North Long Street, 63628	Kimberly Dollar
Campbell		246-2329	110 South Ash, 63933	Georgia Hickson
Cape Girardeau	orgsites.com/mo/capeseniorcenter/	335-1352	921 North Clark, 63701	Susan McClanahan
Caruthersville		333-2382	1105 Carleton, 63830	Patsy Estraca, 1st Cook
Chaffee		887-3600	800 South Main, 63740	Susie Pobst
Charleston		683-6115	205 West Commercial, 63834	Nancy Saling
Dexter		624-7234	23 West Stoddard, 63841	Dena Rawson
Doniphan		996-3070	715 East Washington, 63935	Mona Settles
East Prairie		649-5805	304 East Main Street, 63845	Linda Sutton
Ellington		663-7644	322 Main Street, 63638	Peggy Richards
Ellsinore		322-5570	20 Noble, 63937	Donna Crowley
Farmington		756-1376	607 Wallace Road , 63640	Mona Yates
Fredericktown		783-5357	107 Spruce Street, 63645	Ruth Hart
Hayti		359-1148	600 East Washington, 63851	Tina Pipkins
Iron County		546-7289	113 West Orchard, Arcadia, 63621	Billie Ricketts
Jackson	jacksonmo.com/orgs/srcenter.htm	243-4241	2690 Traveler's Way, 63755	Debbie Stockton
Kennett		888-9852	900 Kennett, 63857	Sharon Montgomery
Malden		276-3266	313 West Main, 63863	Betty Qualls
Marble Hill		238-2809	505 3rd St & Hwy 51 South, 63764	Martha Peters
Naylor		399-2712	118 Broad Street, 63953	Hazel Slusher
New Madrid		748-2577	925 Pinnell Lane, 63869	Carolyn Farrenburg, 1st Cook
Park Hills		431-4974	224 Main Street, 63601	Holly Buxton
Perryville		547-2188	4 North Spring, 63775	Susan Foster
Poplar Bluff		686-2074	1450 Garfield, 63901	Barb Thompson
Portageville		379-3811	106 East Main, 63873	Kaye Kuntscher, Supervisor
Puxico		222-3089	302 Hwy 51 South, 63960	Barbara Skinner
Qulin		328-1818	Highway Y and 5th, 63961	Sondra Stievenart
Scott City		264-3402	104 West Hickory, 63780	Judith Delrosa
Sikeston		471-6047	305 Cresap, 63801	Yuvone Craig
Ste. Genevieve		883-3080	727 Parkwood, 63670	Enola Moody
Van Buren		323-8377	#16 Ballpark Road, 63965	Linda Mann
Williamsville		998-2544	Highway 49, 63967	Glenda Warmack

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