Yesterday I had the privelege of traveling to the Carnegie Nutrition Site and giving a budget cut Q&A presentation. I reassured the seniors that their site was not going to be cut anytime soon, but they are still very concerned.
The Greatest Generation (WWII Generation) keeps a stiff upper lip when it comes to hearing about budget cuts and the falling state revenues. They have been there before and have overcome. I will paraphrase the words of one participant, "This center means the world to us, but we will not end if it does. Life goes on."
Still others who have been participating in the senior center for only a few years. But when they come in the doors site the site manager is quick to tell them, "Welcome home."
For participants like Loyd and Stella Davis, the importance of the center is much more dramatic:
"This center has saved our lives." Stella Davis exclaimed. She and her husband were both forced to retire when Loyd's health failed him on the farm. Stella quit her job to become his caregiver. "We thought our lives were over and then we found this place. Loyd died three times in that hospital room, but he pulled through. And now we have a wonderful place to call home. This center saved both of our lives."
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