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Senior Lunch
The Amherst Senior Center and Highland Valley Elder Services
invite all Amherst residents age 60 and up to lunch each weekday.
Their guests of any age may accompany them.
Meals are served at 11:45
am, Monday through Friday (except holidays)
in the Large Activity Room on the ground floor of Bangs Community Center.
Enter the west entrance lobby and turn right. Please call 259-3164
before 11:00 AM the previous day to reserve your meal.
Suggested donation is $1.25 per meal for participants; guests pay $3.25
for a meal valued at $4.00. Participants place their donation
in an envelope provided at the tables, using the honor system.
This is a wonderful low-stress, low-cost social occasion.
Come get acquainted with other seniors, join conversations, or
just be among friendly people for an enjoyable, nutritious meal.
Volunteers provide the spirit of our services. If you wish to
get involved, please call Ferne Finger at 259-3164.
Meals on Wheels
There are two Meals on Wheels programs available for people who
cannot prepare their own meals.
Hot meals cooked at UMass
dining commons are delivered to your home late afternoon Monday
through Friday by volunteers. This package includes a hot dinner
and a cold lunch for the next day with fruit, dessert, and 2
half pints of milk. Cost is $4.10 per day. Call Maura Plante at 259-3213 to
learn if you are eligible for this service or to volunteer as a driver.
Highland Valley Elder Services (HVES) provides hot lunches at 12 noon
from our lunch site, delivered to homes by volunteers. This meal includes milk
and dessert. Cold evening meals are also available with approval of
HVES case managers. Suggested donation per meal is $1.25. Call Ferne
Finger at 259-3164 or call HVES at 586-2000 to sign up for this service
or to volunteer as a driver.
Brown Bag Program
A shopping bag of food from the Western Mass Food Bank is available
on the 1st Thursday of the month from 2pm - 4pm. Suggested donation
is $3.00 per bag. To learn eligibility guidelines and to apply, call Maura Plante at 259-3213. In case of disability, a family member or friend
can pick up the bag.
Grocery Shopping Transportation
If you can shop for yourself but don’t drive, you can arrange shopping
trips by calling Northern Tier at 586-3336 at least 1 day ahead.
The Amity St. Shuttle (PVTA Route #37) also goes to Big Y and
Stop & Shop grocery stores hourly every weekday.
Amherst Survival Center Food Box Program
A box of food from the Amherst Survival Center is available on the 3rd
Wednesday of the month from
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. To learn eligibility guidelines and to apply, call Maura Plante
at 259-3213.
Wednesday Bread and Produce Program
Early each Wednesday morning, day old bread, baked goods, fresh
organic produce and deli foods are donated to the Amherst Senior
Center by Big Y, Henion Bakery, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Market,
Black Sheep Deli, and Atkins Farms. Senior Center volunteers pick up
the donated foods from the various locations and deliver them to the
Senior Center where additional volunteers, (local college students,
elders and Bangs Community Center staff), unload the food
and package it for easier pick-up. Then, beginning around 9:30 AM
small groups of seniors go through to choose bread, baked goods
and produce for their household. Weekly, this program provides 50 to
60 elders with the opportunity to supplement their food budgets with
quality food at no cost.
If you are an
Amherst senior and would like to participate, please come on a
Wednesday morning to the Large Activity Room in the Bangs Community
Center, 70 Boltwood Walk at 9:15 AM for the start of this program.
Should you have any questions or if you would like more
information, please call Marlene Barnett, Program Coordinator at
259-3136 or email her at
barnettm@amherstma.gov.
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