City activity center nutrition director outlines meal program and asks for county help amid rising costs

Sonia Godwin, representing the activity center nutrition program, explained the center's meal and services model and said the program delivers 35 homebound meals daily and serves 28 in-house meals; she also described exercise and enrichment programming for older adults and noted a decline in some delivery counts after a request from SARCOA (the regional nutrition authority).

Godwin said approximately 59% of participants are county residents (41% inside the city limits) and emphasized the program's limited delivery capacity outside city limits because of staffing and vehicle constraints. She described program costs and asked the commission for additional funding to address equipment failures (treadmills) and to offset low per-meal participant donations.

Why it matters: senior nutrition and activity programming supports health and community connectivity for older residents; the commission heard details to inform appropriation decisions during the budget process.