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CareMore Foundation Awards $77,000 in Grants for 'Food Security for Seniors'
The CareMore Foundation, a not-for-profit organization created by a CareMore Health Plan, has awarded a initial accede to of $77,000 to twenty-two non-profit organizations who have been dedicated to upon condition which senior-focused programs to their communities. These twenty-two organizations have demonstrated their loyalty to provide nourishment as good as caring for area comparison citizens. Twenty-two agencies from California and Arizona will be reception a accede to income as good as make make make make make make make use of of of of hours from CareMore volunteers, as partial of a "Food Security for Seniors" program. "It feels great which you can have during slightest a little certain stroke upon this pervasive and serious complaint of food insecurity," says Dr. Jeffrey Tipton, a single of a first board members of a CareMore Foundation. "The CareMore Foundation was combined to make life improved for seniors in a make make make make make make make use of of of of areas. We have been wakeful of most comparison vital issues and we will go upon to do a most suitable to yield remedies." In California, seventeen organizations in Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, San Bernardino, and Stanislaus County were awarded you estimate $53,000. Human Services Association (HSA), Bell Gardens ($3,000): The HSA classification serves you estimate 1,700 dishes any day to seniors in 10 southeast Los Angeles cities. They will make make make make make make make use of of of of their accede to to continue upon condition which rally dishes during sixteen comparison centers, as good as eleven home delivered dish routes to good frail, homebound seniors. Christian Outreach in Action (COA), Long Beach ($3,000): The COA organisation offers prohibited breakfasts as good as dinners to low-income seniors as good as skeleton to make make make make make make make use of of of of a CareMore Foundation accede to to beginner a monthly "Senior Care Day", to embody lunch as good as giveaways of fresh groceries, domicile supplies, as good as clothes. Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Los Angeles ($3,000): The Brown Bag Senior Nutrition Program distributes food to some-more than 3,000 low-income seniors any month around Los Angeles County at various Brown Bag sites or around home smoothness by volunteers. Meals upon Wheels (MOW), Long Beach ($3,000): On weekdays, "Friendly Visitor Volunteers" from Meals On Wheels of Long Beach broach rebuilt dishes to an normal of 250 clients. This non-profit classification has been in operation for over thirty years as good as relies heavily upon volunteers to hope for as good as broach meals. Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND) ($3,000): MEND serves seniors in a northeast San Fernando Valley with food boxes accessible during 3 locations for collect up, or smoothness if needed. Of special interest, this classification creates food boxes privately tailored the needs of seniors with diabetes. St Francis Center, Los Angeles ($3,000): Center Senior Pantry module provides uninformed groceries once a week to low-income seniors as good as offers weekly Senior Meal as good as amicable event. Additionally, a center's Homeless Food Service module provides meals Monday by Saturday. Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles ($3,000): Seniors comment for 21% of a race served during Union Rescue Mission, which offers 3 prohibited dishes any day to without a country individuals in Los Angeles as good as directed towards mealtime schedules for seniors. URM considers seniors, generally comparison women, a priority race for support. Community Action Partnership of Orange County, Garden Grove ($5,000): The CAPOC organisation skeleton to make make make make make make make use of of of of a CareMore Foundation accede to to provide uninformed fruits as good as vegetables as good as tack dishes to low-income seniors around a Orange County Food Bank Farm 2 Seniors module and Commodity Supplemental Food Programs. Crossroads Community Church, La Habra ($5,000): Crossroads Community Church offers seniors a weekly food pantry, handyman assistance, as good as rides to doctors' appointments. They will use their accede to for a squeeze of Treasure Box Quick & Healthy Meal Boxes, nutritionally offset rebuilt dishes for seniors. Community Health Action Network (CHAN), Victorville ($5,000): The CareMore Foundation accede to will concede a CHAN classification to offer a Treasure Box Quick & Healthy Meals package, consisting of 10 nutritionally offset rebuilt meals, as an puncture food source for High Desert seniors in need. Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), San Jose ($3,000): Ninety-five percent of AACI's comparison clients have been intensely low-income, and this accede to will be used to go upon a Senior Nutrition Program, a nutritious rally lunch make make make make make make make use of of of of accessible upon weekdays. Portuguese Organization for Social Services & Opportunities, San Jose ($3,000): The multi-purpose comparison core operated by POSSO serves low-income seniors in downtown as good as easterly San Jose. Their Senior Nutrition as good as Food Distribution module provides 12,000 prohibited meals, 2,500 brownish-red bags of groceries, as good as 300 bags of food line any year. The Health Trust, Cambell ($3,000): As a solitary provider of Meals upon Wheels in Santa Clara County, The Health Trust will make make make make make make make use of of of of this accede to endowment to go upon dish smoothness to 375 frail, elderly as good as homebound individuals. Yu-Ai Kai Senior Center (YAK), San Jose($3,000): The Yu-Ai Kai's Senior Nutrition Program provides comparison congregate lunches upon weekdays as good as home delivered meals. The YAK senior meals encounter sovereign RDA requirements, as good as a module consistently receives tall ratings for a credentials as good as peculiarity of dishes baked on-site. Howard Training Center (HTC), Modesto ($2,500): The HTC will make make make make make make make use of of of of a accede to supports to go upon a Senior Meals Program, offering prohibited lunches during twelve rally sites around Stanislaus County and volunteer-driver smoothness routes to move dishes to homebound seniors. All dishes have been combined as good as authorized by a purebred dietician. Interfaith Ministries, Modesto($2,500): The Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry serves over 1100 Modesto seniors each year with packages of groceries. They intend to make make make make make make make use of of of of a CareMore Foundation accede to to enhance a brand new home grocery smoothness program, bringing Food Pantry packages to thin seniors who miss transportation.  St Vincent de Paul, Riverbank ($2,500): This all-volunteer group, handling with no beyond losses or paid employees, prepares food bags twice a week for needy persons and seniors. This accede to will account their Special Senior Food Supplement, with 100% of a accede to used to squeeze beef as good as fruit.  United Samaritans Foundation, Turlock ($2,500): Over 1,100 low-income seniors in Stanislaus County embrace food from United Samaritans. This accede to will go toward a Emergency Food Box program, a twice-weekly food placement module which provides over 7,100 boxes of food any year. The CareMore Foundation additionally awarded 5 non-profit organizations in Arizona in a Maricopa as good as Pima counties. East Valley Adult Resources (EVAR), Scottsdale ($5,000): The EVAR Meals upon Wheels module delivers dishes around twenty-four delivery routes to over 400 homebound comparison adults any day in further to serving comparison rally dishes in 3 Active Adult Centers. Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA), Tempe($5,000): TCAA delivered over 54,000 hot, healthful dishes to frail, elderly, or disabled people in a Tempe as good as Scottsdale in a year. During the delivery visit, volunteers additionally finish a "daily wellness check", assessing the senior's reserve as good as contentment as good as upon condition which amicable interaction. Community Food Bank (CFB), Tucson ($3,000): The CFB administers a USDA Food Plus module in southern Arizona, and a organisation will make make make make make make make use of of of of CareMore Foundation accede to supports to broach Food Plus addition packages of dry milk, cheese, as good as non-perishable meat to low-income seniors. Lutheran Social Services of a Southwest (LSS-SW), Tucson ($3,000): The CareMore accede to endowment will assistance LSS-SW's Senior Nutrition Program to broach bottled H2O as good as boxes of easy to open, shelf-stable food to seniors who would good from ready-to-eat food due to limited ability to acquire as good as hope for suitable meals. Pima Council upon Aging, Tucson($3,000): The Pima Council upon Aging offers home delivered dishes around sixteen routes and rally dishes as good as amicable activities during twelve sites around Pima County. In a final mercantile year, 269,000 delivered dishes as good as 95,140 congregate dishes were served to seniors. CareMore Health Plan is a Federally-approved Medicare Advantage plan currently portion some-more than 50,000 Medicare members around Southern California, Northern California, Las Vegas, Nevada, Tucson as good as Phoenix, Arizona. "Seniors who do not get sufficient to eat, or do not have a income for food or seniors who cannot get to a store for food mostly have compromised illness due to their nutritional limitations," says Leeba Lessin, President of CareMore Health. "We wish to help urge these apocalyptic craving census data in a communities where you yield healing services." The Foundation's Advisory Committee reviews all accede to applications as good as funds have been awarded formed upon a priority basement for those who have demonstrated their role in assisting seniors urge their peculiarity of hold up with nutritive resources. For some-more report about a CareMore Foundation, greatfully revisit http://caremorefoundation.com ###