The meals will be prepared at the Ash Flat center and transported in insulated containers to the upper level of Thunderbird Center. The city of Cherokee Village will provide plates, tableware and coffee through the committee s budget. To be eligible for the meals, one must be at least 60 years old or have a spouse at least 60. There are no income limits, ac cording to Schmidt. There is a small kitchen at the center, and the NADC may later upgrade it to prepare meals on site, but no plans are in the works for that now, she said.
Senior centers provide more than meals.
Recreation and fellowship are a big part of their mission, Schmidt said. The ones who use the center are the ones who decide what the center will do. The center will be manned by volunteers, at least three each time it is open. The more volunteers we have the less they re going to have to do. She said ideally two or three churches will take the center under their wing to recruit volunteers.