Bennett County Senior Citizens Association

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

Mar 5, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$454,294

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Title iii, c2, home-delivered meals-this program provides a hot meal monday friday to individuals unable to come to the meal site. During this fiscal year 258 individuals received 27,804 meals that were delivered to their homes. The meals are delivered by paid staff and volunteers. Again, no one is refused a meal if they cannot contribute anything. To receive a meal delivered to the home, at least one of the couple must be confined to the home and unable to leave due to health reasons. Normally, people receiving meals through the home-delivered program are frail and vulnerable to illness. Often, the only person these individuals see during the day is the person bringing the meal. Volunteers and staff are asked to make contact with the person receiving the meal when delivering to make sure the person is responsive and doing okay. Should they notice anything wrong or different from the norm, they are to let the cook or site manager know so that a contact person can be notified to further check on the individual. No meal is left if an individual does not answer the door and has not made prior arrangements for the meal to be left. In this case, a contact person is always notified that the door was not answered and a meal was not left.frozen and shelf stable meals are also available to home-delivered participants so that there is some food available over the weekend or in the case of an unexpected site closing due to an emergency (weather, etc.)

Activity 3

Title iii b, transporation services for the elderly-two of the sites provide transportation for seniors. During this fiscal year approximately 75 different people received 6,200 units of service. A unit of service is defined as each time a rider gets off the bus. One person may accrue several units of service during one trip. For example, a rider who get off at the senior center, post office, grocery store, doctors office and home would have 5 units of service. The majority of our units of service are for seniors getting off for the noon meal at the congregate dining site. Since the price of gas has increased significantly, we have picked up several riders who just cant afford to operate their car. Again, riders are encouraged to contribute for their ride, but no one is refused service if they cannot contribute. One site has a mini-van that provides trips out of town. These trips are usually to doctor appointments. The longest trip is 125 -150 miles and the closest is 50 miles. Most seniors that use the mini-van also make other stops once they get to their doctor appointment. Stops at walmart, shopping malls, etc. Are common as there is very limited shopping in the small towns we serve and virtually no stores in which to purchase items like clothing, house hold items (like blankets, rugs) etc.seniors feel strongly about supporting the local businesses in the town where they live, but really appreciate the opportunity to shop for things not available to them otherwise.

Filer

EIN

46-0321673