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 * Who We Are
   * Mission & History
   * Aging Issues
   * Board & Leadership
   * Employment
   * Financials
   * Donor Honor Roll
   * FAQs
   * Contact Us
 * What We Do
   * Programs & Services
     * Meals
     * Housing
     * Health & Social Services
     * Enrichment & Activities
     * Advocacy
   * Gary & Mary West Senior Wellness Center
 * Get Involved
   * Ways to Give
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NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH: GO FURTHER WITH FOOD



NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH: GO FURTHER WITH FOOD



Whether it was via a pyramid or plate diagram, most of us were taught that we
should “eat the rainbow” every day in order to get the recommended daily amounts
of vitamins, minerals and health benefits from our food. And most of us take for
granted that we have easy access to fresh produce and balanced meals. We have
options. We don’t think twice about the food choices at our fingertips.

Now imagine if you were living on just a few dollars a day. Would fresh produce
or balanced meals be at the top of your list of concerns? Probably not. You’d
likely be more worried about paying rent, affording medications, maybe getting
to and from work or appointments. That’s the reality that many of our senior
clients are living. Many of them can’t afford fresh foods or balanced meals with
most of them living on less than $1,200 per month.



Access and Affordability

According to the Elder Index, 37% of San Diego’s seniors lack the income to
cover their most basic needs, including food. Many seniors skip meals, run out
of groceries, or are forced to settle for cheaper options that lack the vital
nutrients they need to stay healthy. Research shows that congregate and
home-delivered meal programs effectively improve malnutrition and poor health
outcomes for low-income seniors. In the most recent survey of Older Americans
Act nutrition program participants, 74% of participants indicated their health
had improved because of the meals and 80% reported the program kept them
independent.



Helping Seniors Stay Healthy, One Meal at a Time

Fortunately, many of the chronic diseases older adults face are preventable
through healthy eating. Since its founding in 1970, Serving Seniors has served
more than 17 million nutritious meals, developed in partnership with a
registered nutritionist and optimized for the nutritional needs of older adults,
and has seen first-hand the beneficial effects of reliable access to healthy
food. Between congregate dining sites and home-delivered meals, we serve over
1.1 million meals a year.

The meals we serve accommodate a variety of dietary needs, including low-sodium
and low-fat diets, and are often the only source of food for San Diego seniors
who would otherwise go hungry. And the benefits of a healthy diet are profound:
increased mental acuteness, resistance to illness and disease, faster
recuperation after illness and medical procedures, higher energy levels and
more.



So Much More Than Meals

Serving Seniors’ nutrition program provides much more than food and
senior-specific nutrition education – it brings seniors, most of whom live
alone, together for camaraderie. This socialization is invaluable to our
clients. In almost every case, our seniors tell us that they keep coming to
our Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center for the companionship as much as
the meals, and that the combination of friendship and healthy food has helped
them remain healthy, active and independent. They join walking and hobby groups,
take fitness classes, attend cooking demonstrations, play games, learn how to
use computers and much more.



You (and Your Taxes) Benefit From Healthy Senior Neighbors, Too

Healthy people use fewer expensive public resources, such as ambulance transport
and emergency room care.  When nutritious food has been proven to be as
important as medicine, especially for older adults, it makes financial sense to
help our elder neighbors stay healthy in the first place. After all, as a
supremely wise man once said, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
 
In honor of National Nutrition Month, please consider supporting Serving
Seniors’ Nutrition Program.

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 * Samuel & Katherine French Fund
 * give4 homelessness
 * Hervey Family logo
 * Illinois Tool Work Foundation
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 * Pacific Western Bank
 * The Nordson Corporation Foundation
 * Mary and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
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 * James Silberrad Brown Foundation
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 * Life Science Cares
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 * Alumbra Innovations Foundation
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 * Samuel & Katherine French Fund
 * give4 homelessness
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 * Illinois Tool Work Foundation
 * Omaha Community Foundation
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 * Pacific Western Bank
 * The Nordson Corporation Foundation
 * Mary and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust


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    1.  What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may
        provide us with two types of information: personal information you
        knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis
        and website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and
        others browse our website.
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        you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the
        content of your email messages together with your email address and our
        responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic
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        our website, and the sites visited just before and just after ours. This
        information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information
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    4.  How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking,
        we use personal information for purposes of administering our business
        activities, providing service and support and making available other
        products and services to our customers and prospective customers.
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        about important changes to our website, new services and special offers
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        response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email
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        personal information to us on our website, a secure server software
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        prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that
        you do not send confidential information such as Social Security, credit
        card, or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
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        personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure
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        business practices are reviewed for compliance with organization
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Meals funded by County of San Diego Health and Human Services, Aging &
Independence Services.

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 * Who We Are
   * Mission & History
   * Aging Issues
   * Board & Leadership
   * Employment
   * Financials
   * Donor Honor Roll
   * FAQs
   * Contact Us
 * What We Do
   * Programs & Services
     * Meals
     * Housing
     * Health & Social Services
     * Enrichment & Activities
     * Advocacy
   * Gary & Mary West Senior Wellness Center
 * Get Involved
   * Ways to Give
   * Donate
   * Full Plate Club
   * Volunteer
   * Advocate
   * Planned Giving
   * Wish List
 * News & Events
   * In the News
   * Senior Homelessness: A Needs Assessment
   * Blog

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