It’s been 14 months since we’ve hosted you for lunch, which means we’ve all missed 14 Birthday Parties, 14 evening Medicare 101 Sessions, over 50 weeks of conversations and fun, and a whole lot of BINGO GAMES!!! We certainly miss seeing all of you, as I’m sure you miss seeing each other. Hopefully the cold, winter weather is over and it’s time to get warmer and pleasant.
Our country continues to make great strides in getting people vaccinated. There’s still a lot more to do but we’re moving in a positive direction! In an effort to make it easier for seniors in our area to obtain a COVID vaccination, we are making our facility available to the Chester County Health Department each Monday as a Vaccination Clinic for seniors who have a vaccination appointment.
We continue to offer weekly frozen meals
provided by The Chester County Department of Aging
The Oxford Area Senior Center has been providing area seniors with vital services throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, most importantly offering nutritious “grab and go” weekday meals.
We have provided area senior residents with nutritious meals since we closed our doors on Friday, March 13th. You do not need to be a current participant at the senior center to be eligible to receive meals. You will need to complete a Consumer Information Form providing us and the Department of Aging with some necessary information.
If you are able, a voluntary, confidential, anonymous donation of $2 per meal is suggested to help the CCDAS offset some of the meal costs, but is not required. Meals must be ordered by noon on Tuesday for the following week.
Five frozen meals will be available to be picked up at the senior center between 11am and noon every Tuesday. March’s meal menu is on page 4.
If you have any questions about the meals or procedure for ordering them, please feel free to contact me. Since we are closed for activities, call the senior center (610-932-5244) and leave a message on my voice mail box or email me directly at jdmcleod@oxfordseniors.org.
Interested in getting the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Chester County Health Department has a new vaccine registration system. GO TO: www.chesco.org/health, and locate the COVID-19 Stay Informed Information page, then click on Chester County COVID Vaccine, click on Register Now and follow the prompts to create your account. The CCHD remains overwhelmed at this time but if you do not have internet capability, you can call them at (610) 344-6225. You can also check to see if your family doctor or pharmacy has a waiting list for the vaccine. See our COVID Page for more information (or page 7 of our newsletter).
Please continue to be safe!
Jim McLeod
Executive Director |
