A NEW DRIVE FOR SENIORS GOLF TOURNEY TO HELP FUND MEALS ON WHEELS.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Hit by budget cuts that two years ago forced it to halt service to more than a quarter of its frail elderly frail elderly, n.pl older persons (usually over the age of 75 years) who are afflicted with physical or mental disabilities that may interfere with the ability to independently perform activities of daily living. clientele, Antelope Valley's Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. program is trying for a comeback. Organizers hope a benefit golf tournament June 8 at Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Golf Course will raise $15,000 to restore service to some of the seniors dropped from delivery routes for lack of funds. ``We have almost 100 people on the waiting list and those funds would help get the people off of the waiting list,'' said Harriet Davis, executive director for the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Committee on Aging, which runs the meals program. Operated from the Antelope Valley Senior Center in Lancaster, the Meals on Wheels program is financed from Older Americans federal funding, state funding, donations from seniors who receive meals, fundraisers and grants. Government budget cuts slashed funding 25 percent two years ago. That resulted in the program having to drop 70 seniors by cutting three delivery routes. The program now delivers meals to 195 people. ``We have been unable to come up from that since then,'' Davis said. It costs $36.25 to provide a senior with meals for a week (Monday through Friday). Each meal consists of a main dish, vegetable, fruit, milk, bread and dessert. To qualify for the program, seniors must be 60 or older, homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. , unable to cook for themselves and not living with anyone who can cook for them, and they must be under a doctor's care. ``It's their main meal of the day,'' said Davis. ``It's like dinner. Some of them can't even eat it all. They save some to eat at dinner.'' The entry fee for the tournament is $100 per person and includes greens fees greens fee n. The fee charged to play on a golf course. , range balls, tee prizes, continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments on the course, tournament prizes, photos and dinner after the tournament. Check-in time is 7 a.m. with a shotgun start A Shotgun Start is a golf tournament format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. Each hole on a course will be the tee off hole for each foursome. Group 1 would start from hole 1, Group 2 from hole 2, etc. at 9 a.m. There will be prizes for a hole in one, longest drive, closest to the pin and within the circle. Sponsorships are still available: $1,000 for eagle, $500 for birdie, $250 for fairway and $150 for tee sponsors. The tournament is sponsored by Century 21 Doug Anderson and Associates, and Chicago Title Escrow escrow Instrument, such as a deed, money, or property, that constitutes evidence of obligations between two or more parties and is held by a third party. It is delivered by the third party only upon fulfillment of some condition. . For more information, call Bob Stickney at (661) 945-4521 or e-mail bob.stickney(at)century21.com, or call Donna Livermore at (661) 947-4702 or e-mail dlivermore(at)adelphia.net. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Driver Mary Varga loads food onto a truck to feed seniors through Meals on Wheels, which has faced major cuts recently. (2 -- color) Women work in Lancaster to pack up meals for the ailing, homebound senior citizens who are served by the program. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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