Akeley Area Senior Citizens Club
Business Meetings - First Wednesday of each month
All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast - First Saturday of each
month
President:
Joann Husted
Vice President:
Marie Crosby
Secretary:
Elaine Kelsey
Treasurer
Sharon Busch
Coffee time is every week day from
9-10:30 a.m. at the center.
NOON MEALS
A tasty noon
meal is served at Em's Cafe (652-1000) 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.
Tickets available at First National Bank in
Akeley - 652-3777.
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 Sharon Busch at 652-4239 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.
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. The second and fourth
Wed. of the month includes service to Bemidji arriving there at 10:30 a.m.
and departing at 1:30 p.m.
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.
