Fulton County Neighborhood Senior Centers
Fulton County Neighborhood Senior Centers, including the faith-based Northside Shepherd’s Center, create opportunities for developing critical relationships, socializing, health
and wellness activities, arts and crafts, field trips, and education. Seniors age 55 or older are provided transportation to local centers for activities that strengthen, stimulate,
enliven, and empower.
Impact for 2012
- 57,990 Senior-days provided at Neighborhood Senior Centers
- 106 seniors graduated from Chronic Disease Self-Management
- 180 Seniors attended Spanish, arts and crafts, and fitness classes at 6 Centers
- 56 Seniors made their voices heard at Senior Week at the Capitol
- 418 vouchers spent at Senior Center Farmers Market
- Received award from Atlanta Regional Commission for high voucher utilization in the region
- 7 Senior centers open every weekday
- 5 Seniors collaborated to make a quilt that was then auctioned at A Meal to Remember
- Senior Centers competed to recruit new members
- 10 staff certified in ServSafe, CPR and First Aid
- Northside Shepherd’s Center re-painted by volunteers from Peachtree Road Church
- In-kind gifts and volunteer time given by National Charity League of Buckhead
What resonates most to me about Meals On Wheels Atlanta is remembering my grandfather. For the last seven or eight years of his life he was in a wheelchair, and I would come over
after school to cook his meals for him or bathe him. Many years later, I was invited to an SCS event called A Meal to Remember at the St. Regis Hotel. It really reminded me how
hard it can be for people in their to do things for themselves as they get older. These days I go out of my way to tell everyone I meet in Atlanta about Meals on Wheels. After
all, everybody deserves at least a warm meal.
—Marc Skalla, donor since 2009
