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NUTRITION PROGRAMS & EDUCATION
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Food
Assistance
Also see:
Emergency Food/Household Goods Food Pantries
Food Stamps
Delaware County Department of Social Services
111 Main Street, Delhi, NY 13753
607-746-2325 • Fax: 607-746-2785
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Summer Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Provides Food Stamps to those who meet income eligibility. Food stamps are used as money to purchase food.
Delaware County Office for the Aging
6 Court St., Delhi, NY 13753
607-746-6333 • Fax: 607-746-6227
E-mail: ofa@co.delaware.ny.us
Web: www.co.delaware.ny.us/departments/ofa/ofa.htm
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
(closed for lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.)
This program provides assistance to clients with filling out the application and can escort the client on the face to face interview or go in the client’s place, if they are unable to go.
Delaware Opportunities, Inc.
35430 St Hwy 10, Hamden, NY 13782
607-746-1670 • Fax: 607-746-6269
Contact Person: Tammy Nesbitt
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(closed for lunch 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Nutrition Advocate can prescreen for Food Stamp eligibility and assist eligible clients in applying for Food Stamps. Can instruct on forms of identification and paperwork required for process, assist with filling out forms, provide transportation and accompany individual to Department of Social Services.
Extra Helpings
Grand Gorge Meal Site
Rte 30,
Grand Gorge, NY 12434
607-588-6219
• Contact Person: Kathleen Guile
This program offers packages of food at a reasonable cost to those individuals who need assistance with food expenses. There are $20 and $30 packages which include meat and vegetables. There are also two specials each month. Individuals can go into the meal site and fill out a form and
then food pick-up is the last Friday of the month between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Meal Programs
Also see:
Help at Home: Meals
Senior Dining Centers
Hot Meal Program is coordinated through Delaware Opportunities, contact person is Joe Temming at 746-1710. This program is available at the following Centers with a suggested donation of $3.00 for adults age 60 and over and spouse of any age; charge of $4.00 per meal for guests under the age of 60. Contributions are confidential; no one is turned away due to inability to pay. Limited special diets are available with written physician’s prescription. In addition to providing a hot meal, the goals of the program are outreach, transportation, information and referral, and nutrition education. Every effort is made to promote better health through improved nutrition, and to reduce the isolation by offering community activities, food and friendship.
Delhi Senior Dining Center
Delaware County Office for the Aging
6 Court Street, Delhi, NY 13753
607-746-2250 • Center Manager: Becky Haney
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Transportation can be provided to site. Reservations
requested by 10:00 a.m. on the serving day.
Deposit Senior Dining Center
Christ Episcopal Church
14 Monument St.,
Deposit, NY 13754
607-467-3953
• Center Manager: Carolyn DeNys
Hours: Lunch served at 12:30 p.m., Tues. - Thurs.
No transportation available.
Grand Gorge Senior Dining Center
Grand Gorge Civic Center
Rte 30, Grand Gorge, NY 12434
607-588-6166 • Center Manager: Christin Thorington
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
No transportation available.
Hancock Senior Dining Center
Hancock Baptist Church
232 Wheeler Street, Hancock, NY 13783
607-637-2219 • Center Manager: Lisa Drake
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Transportation provided to those individuals within village limits.
Middletown Senior Dining Center
Methodist Church
55 Church Street, Margaretville, NY 12455
845-586-4764 • Center Manager: Vicki Bush
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Transportation provided to those individuals within village limits.
Sidney Senior Dining Center
Sidney Civic Center
21 Liberty Street, Sidney, NY 13838
607-563-2212 • Center Manager: Dan DeGroat
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Transportation provided to those individuals within village limits.
Walton Senior Dining Center
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
15 Benton Avenue, Walton, NY 13856
607-865-6739 • Center Manager: Linda Wood
Hours: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Transportation to site within a 15 mi. radius.
Nutrition Education
American Cancer Society
5 Oak Avenue, Sidney, NY 13838
607-563-8462
Web: www.cancer.org
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Provides program to educate adults on proper nutrition to help prevent cancer. Call for more information.
American Diabetes Association
1508 Genesee St., Utica, NY 13502
888-342-2383, ext 3693 • Fax: 315-724-3987
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Information on healthy diet, and diabetes workshops.
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Delaware County
34570 State Hwy 10 • PO Box 184, Hamden, NY 13782
607-865-6531 • Fax: 607-865-6532
E-mail: delaware@cornell.edu
Web:
counties.cce.cornell.edu/delaware
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Nutrition education is available via mail and phone to help adults shop, prepare and plan nutritious meals and snacks. Seniors on food stamps can receive nutrition and financial budgeting including food safety lessons in the home as part of the Eat Smart New York Program. Classes & workshops are available to groups on request.
Nutrition Education/Counseling Program
Delaware County Office for the Aging
6 Court St., Delhi, NY 13753
607-746-6333 • Fax: 607-746-6227
E-mail: ofa@co.delaware.ny.us
Web: www.co.delaware.ny.us/departments/ofa/ofa.htm
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
(closed for lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.)
Provides information on selection, preparation and nutritional benefits of food via phone, at nutritional sites, and to those who receive home-delivered meals through a nutritionist contracted with this program. This office also offers the Farmers Market Coupon Program to seniors which allows them $20 worth of free New York State grown produce. Distribution of the booklets for households of eligible seniors who are age 60 or older is done through Delaware County Office for the Aging. For further information please call the office.
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