Introduction 
Senior Center Meals 
Home Delivered Meal Requirements 
How To Join 
Sponsored Meals 
Tax Deductible Donations 

Introduction 

The Senior Meals Program provides nutritious meals to older Americans.  These meals could be Hot lunches, Frozen lunches, or Breakfast meals in combination with lunch.  All meals comply with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and have a minimum of 1/3 of the Dietary Reference Intakes for a senior adult as set by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.  Breakfast is served only in combination with lunch.  Together they meet 2/3 of the Dietary Reference Intakes.  Occasionally, Hot meal clients receive a box lunch that meets calcium requirements through foods other than milk; however all of our other meals do contain milk. 

Nutritional Analysis of our meals are available by clicking on their names below:
Breakfast  
Frozen lunches
Hot lunches

Just as important as a well-balanced meal is the need for socialization and information, particularly to those elderly with unmet social needs.  Serving meals in a congregate setting affords many opportunities for recreation, exercise, socialization, health screenings, and volunteerism.  In addition, well-planned programs can provide information on topics of interest and concern to older adults, such as estate planning, medical and nursing home insurance policies, dietary concerns, and consumer fraud.

Senior Center Meals                                           Back to Top

If an individual wants to receive a meal from the East Alabama Commission Area Agency On Aging, they must be 60 years of age or older or be the spouse of a client receiving these meals.  All participants are encouraged to eat at their local East Alabama Commission Senior Center.  If the client cannot do this, they may qualify for Home Delivered meals.

Home Delivered Meal Requirements                Back to Top

The Home Delivered Meals program is designed to reach the most needy homebound elderly.  In order to receive a Home Delivered Meal from the East Alabama Commission Area Agency on Aging, a person must be 60 years of age or older or be the spouse of a homebound client receiving Home Delivered meals and must meet one or more of the following requirements:

  • Immobility: bedfast, wheelchair, or frail (Driving limited to Medical facilities only)
  • Isolation: living alone with little or no support system
  • Physical Infirmities: chronic conditions limiting meal preparation
  • Mental/Emotional Infirmities: confusion, depression, etc.
  • Low income
  • Has no family or friends who can prepare regular meals for them
  • Cannot prepare meals because of physical disability
  • The spouse of a homebound client

Home Delivered Meals are to be discontinued when a person no longer meets the above requirements.  They must also be home in order to receive their meals.  Meals cannot be left on the porch or with a neighbor.  Home Delivered Clients are evaluated at regular intervals to determine his or her continued need for meals.

How To Join                                                   Back to Top

If you are interested in joining our program, please call the Senior Center in your county that is closest to you. 

The Senior Center you call may not have a meal available, or there may not be a Senior Center in your area.  If these problems arise, your best option for receiving meals at this time would be to enroll in our Sponsored Meals program.

Sponsored Meals                                            Back to Top

Through the Sponsored Meals program, you could find someone to assist with the cost of your meals.  We offer four different meal programs for you to choose from.  You may not be able to receive hot meals or the cheaper frozen meal if you do not live within one of our Senior Center delivery routes.  Frozen meals and Breakfast meals can be ordered in packs of five or seven. 

 Hot meals

$ 2.79

 Picked or delivered Monday thru Friday

 Breakfast meals

$ 2.06

 Picked up or delivered once a week

 Frozen meals

$ 2.87

 Picked up or delivered once a week

 D2D Frozen
 (Door to Door)

$ 3.92

 Delivered to your house once a week

We order meals on Tuesdays for the following week.  If you are interested in our Sponsored Meal program, please call Emily McCamy at 1-800-AGE-LINE.

Tax Deductible Donations                                  Back to Top

In August of 2009, we hope to start this program allowing individuals, companies, church groups, etc., the opportunity to make tax deductible donations for the purchase of meals through our Sponsored Meals program.  Those purchasing meals for themselves or a family member would not be eligible for a Tax Deductible Donation.