Proper nutrition is one of the most important elements to remaining healthy and active in our older years.  There are many benefits for seniors who eat a healthy diet.  They include increased energy, a stronger immune system, faster recuperation from illness or injury, and even becoming more mentally alert.

Some seniors may find it difficult to shop for groceries and prepare meals by themselves.  Seniors living in rural areas do not have the advantage of a Meals on Wheels program or a nearby senior center lunch program.  Difficulty with walking, driving, and/or vision can make grocery shopping a challenge.

The Shopping for Seniors Program and the Freezer Meals Program are aimed at keeping seniors safer and healthier in their homes.  They can help seniors maintain a healthy diet while remaining in the comfort of their own home.

This program is designed to assist seniors who cannot shop for themselves but are capable of giving their grocery order over the telephone to volunteers who then pass the list to volunteer shoppers.

• VOLUNTEER BASED.  Volunteers are through the RSVP program.
• Unable to shop and/or carry in groceries independently.
• No cost to participants (except for cost of their groceries). 
• Participants pay for the groceries when they are delivered to the home.
• Must be 60 years of age or older.
• Grocery phone orders are taken weekly.  Volunteers call every Wednesday.
• Volunteers carry the groceries into the home.

This program is designed to provide meals to senior citizens who have no access to a formal lunch program (Meals on Wheels; Good Neighbor Nutrition programs; senior centers' lunch programs)

• Must be 60 years of age or older.
• Butler Co. resident without access to any of the meal programs listed above
• Unable to prepare and cook a meal.
• Meals are not diet specific, but nutritious.
• Delivered by volunteers through our RSVP program.
• Cost is $1.75 per meals (scholarships available to those who qualify).
• Meals are prepared by various locations.

Please click on our Resource Directory and check out the services listed under "Food/Meals"  There you will find contact information for commodities, Meals on Wheels, Good Neighbor Nutrition Program, and much more.