ADRC September 2017 Newsletter

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6HSWHPEHU '/E' Θ /^ />/dz Z ^KhZ Ed Z ΀ Z Πϳώϭ KdžĨŽĆŒÄš ǀĞŜƾÄž ZŽŽž Ď­Ď­ĎŻĎŹ Ăƾ ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄž t/ ϹϰϳϏϯ DŽŜĚĂLJ Ͳ &ĆŒĹ?ĚĂLJ Ď´ Ăž Ͳ Ďą Ɖž ϳϭϹÍ˜Ď´ĎŻĎľÍ˜ϰϳϯϹ Ď­Í˜Ď´Ď´Ď´Í˜ĎŻĎŻĎ´Í˜ϰϲϯϲ y: use Relay (711) Ç Ç Ç Í˜ÄžÄ‚ĆľÄ?ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ÄšĆŒÄ?Í˜Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ? Ç Ç Ç Í˜ĨÄ‚Ä?ÄžÄ?ŽŽŏ͘Ä?Žž͏ ͘ Z Z K Z

Voluntary Contribu ons: Important As Ever

I’m guessing by now you have heard about the exci ng changes coming ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Z Í›Ć? ^ĞŜĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? WĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ĺľ Ç ĹšĹ?Ä?Ĺš Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ůƾĚĞĆ? Ä?ŽŜĹ?ĆŒÄžĹ?ĂƚĞ ÄšĹ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ DĞĂůĆ? ŽŜ tŚĞĞůĆ? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚ĹľÍ˜ &Ĺ˝ĆŒ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞŜ͛ƚ ĹšÄžÄ‚ĆŒÄšÍ• Ç Äž Ä‚ĆŒÄž in the process of transi oning from ge ng all of our meals from outside vendors to preparing it all ‘in house’. We are going to be ren ng the ĹŹĹ?ĆšÄ?ŚĞŜ ĨĆŒŽž ƚŚĞ ǀĂÄ?ĂŜƚ &Ăůů ĆŒÄžÄžĹŹ EĆľĆŒĆ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ,ŽžÄž ĂŜĚ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ‰Ä‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? all of our own meals which is very exci ng!

The nutri on program has struggled ďŹ nancially for many years. We ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?ǀĞ ĨƾŜÄšĹ?ĹśĹ? ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞ &ÄžÄšÄžĆŒÄ‚ĹŻ KĹŻÄšÄžĆŒ ĹľÄžĆŒĹ?Ä?ĂŜĆ? Ä?ƚ͕ ĨƾŜÄšĹ?ĹśĹ? ĨĆŒŽž the State and we rely heavily on the contribu ons from our par cipants ĂŜĚ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ĺ?ÄžĹśÄžĆŒŽƾĆ? Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ žĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒĆ? ƚŽ ĞŜĆ?ĆľĆŒÄž Ç Äž ÄšŽŜ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ start a wai ng list for the program. In fact, over 26% of the funding for the nutri on program comes from par cipant contribu ons and other dona ons.

DÄ‚ĆŒÇ‡ WĹ?ÄžĆŒÄ?Äž

dĹšĹ?Ć? ĹśÄžÇ Ç Ä‚Ç‡ ŽĨ ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ĆľĆ?Ĺ?ŜĞĆ?Ć? Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç ĆľĆ? ƚŽ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄž ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ĺľ more cost eec vely and stretch our dollars even further as we con nue to see increasing demand for services such as Meals on Wheels Ä?ÄžÄ?ĂƾĆ?Äž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĚĞžŽĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć‰ĹšĹ?Ä?͘ tÄž Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ć?ĂǀĹ?ĹśĹ? žŽŜĞLJ Ä?LJ Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆšĹśÄžĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ &ĞĞĚ DLJ WĞŽƉůĞ &ŽŽÄš Ä‚Ŝŏ ƚŽ ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?ǀĞ Ä‚ por on ŽĨ ŽƾĆŒ ĆŒÄ‚Ç Ä¨Ĺ˝Ĺ˝Äš Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ćš Ăƚ Ä‚ ĆŒÄžÄšĆľÄ?ĞĚ ĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄžÍ˜ EŽƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽÄš Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä?ŽžÄž from the food bank, but even receiving a por on will allow for ďŹ nancial ‘breathing room’. That being said, we desperately need our par cipant contribu ons to con nue at the rate that we currently receive or we Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ä?Ä‚Ä?ĹŹ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ć?ĂžĞ Ć‰ĆŒÄžÄšĹ?Ä?ĂžĞŜƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ç Äž ŚĂǀĞ Ä?ĞĞŜ ĨŽĆŒ žĂŜLJ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ?͘ We even hope to see contribu ons increase as the quality of the food Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€ÄžÄš Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€ÄžĆ? Ä?LJ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ‰Ä‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽƾĆŒ Ĺ˝Ç Ĺś žĞĂůĆ?Í• ĨĆŒŽž Ć?Ä?ĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄ?Ś͕ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹŻÄž ĚĂLJ͘

<Ä‚ĆšĹšÄžĆŒĹ?ŜĞ ^Ä?ŚŜĞĹ?ÄšÄžĆŒ

ZƾƚŚ ÄšĹ?dž Ä‚ĆŒĹŻ ŜƚŽŜ dĹšŽžÄ‚Ć? ĹšĆŒĹ?Ć?ĆšĹ˝Ć‰ĹšÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜ <Ĺ?ĹľÄ?ÄžĆŒĹŻÇ‡ ĆŒŽŜŏ :Ä‚Ć?ŽŜ ĹśÄšĆŒÄžĆ? ^Ä‚ĹśÄšĆŒÄ‚ DÄ?<Ĺ?ŜŜĞLJ ^ƾĞ DĹ?ĹŻĹŻÄžĆŒ David Mor mer ĆľÄšĆŒÄžÇ‡ EĞůĆ?ŽŜ

Board mee ngs are open to ƚŚĞ ƉƾÄ?ĹŻĹ?Ä?͘ sĹ?ÄžÇ ÄšÄ‚ĆšÄžĆ? Ăƚ Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä?Ĺ˝Í˜ÄžÄ‚ƾͲÄ?ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄžÍ˜Ç Ĺ?Í˜ĆľĆ?

We will be pu ng regular updates about the program changes in this newsle+er and keeping all of our program par cipants and anyone else interested for that ma+er, in the loop as we move these changes forward. In the mean me, don’t hesitate to contact us with any ques ons or concerns that you may have. Thank you!

:ÄžŜŜĹ?ĨÄžĆŒ ^ƉĞÄ?ĹŹĹ?ĞŜ Z Ĺ?ĆŒÄžÄ?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒ


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