Feeding Food Insecure Senior Citizens
Grateful Gratitude learned that 6.7% of the senior citizens in Collin County age 60 and older are food insecure. This insecurity may come from lack of funds, being homebound, not able to drive, unable to lift food from a food pantry, or shame of needing food.
The need to supplement food monthly for senior citizens that lack in the amount of food they have and the quality of food they receive led Grateful Gratitude to fill a gap these seniors were experiencing. Amazing Grace Food Pantry partnered with Grateful Gratitude to distribute food onsite at their community in order to make the process of getting food easier for them. Our age group for these residents receiving food is 66-98 years old.
A onsite "grocery store" is set up for residents to "shop" at no charge and pick items they like, not prepackaged boxes of food. We soon found that there are homebound residents that aren't able to come to our store so we now fill orders for them by phone and deliver their food to their apartment.
The need to supplement food monthly for senior citizens that lack in the amount of food they have and the quality of food they receive led Grateful Gratitude to fill a gap these seniors were experiencing. Amazing Grace Food Pantry partnered with Grateful Gratitude to distribute food onsite at their community in order to make the process of getting food easier for them. Our age group for these residents receiving food is 66-98 years old.
A onsite "grocery store" is set up for residents to "shop" at no charge and pick items they like, not prepackaged boxes of food. We soon found that there are homebound residents that aren't able to come to our store so we now fill orders for them by phone and deliver their food to their apartment.
