March 29, 2016 - Woodmen Life Chapter #250 held their regular meeting at the Shelby County Courthouse Community Room on the evening of Thursday, March 21, 2016. Brandi Emanis with the Senior Nutrition Site presented the program for the meeting and she thanked the Woodmen Life representatives for the generous donations they have given to the Shelby County Outreach Ministries (SCOM) and the Senior Nutrition Site, as she was speaking also on behalf of SCOM.
"The Shelby County Outreach Ministries, with the Senior Nutrition Site, provided over $94,000 worth of assistance in the form of senior emergency food boxes and utility assistance, emergency medicine and dental, prescription assistance and many other miscellaneous things," said Emanis.
Emanis then gave a brief explanation of the program at the Senior Nutrition Site.
"We feed, at our local site on average, 35 to 45 or so people a day. At our San Augustine Site our numbers are very down. San Augustine is under the Shelby County Outreach umbrella, but we have about 8 to 10 people on average a day," said Emanis.
She stated she is in the process of getting a meals on wheels program started in San Augustine, "For our Meals on Wheels here in Shelby County we deliver to 45 to 50 people a day and that number is constantly growing," said Emanis.
There is one driver delivering for the Senior Nutrition Site and Emanis said he is Donald Weatherly. He delivers the food to the San Augustine Senior Nutrition Site and he also delivers to the recipients of the Meals on Wheels program.
Emanis said there is a new program being featured at the Senior Nutrition Site called Do Well, Be Well and it is being presented by Jheri-Lynn McSwain, Shelby County Extension Agent.
"It's teaching you about nutrition of course, it's teaching you about diabetes and all sorts of things such as that. The last Friday that we had our meeting she had Dr. [Gary] Barkocy, [NMC Cardiologist]," said Emanis.
Emanis described how Dr. Barkocy provided very informative presentations on the heart, and different foods.
The next class which will be presented is on April 1, 2016 and it will be on medications with guest speaker Pam Miller. PVD screenings will also be given during the program.
Gospel singing is now featured at the site on even months on the first Tuesday of that month.
Cecelia Boles, Woodmen Life member, asked Emanis at the end of her program if the Thanksgiving dinner which the site provides is funded through donations, or by the site and Emanis said it is funded through donations.
Toward the end of the meeting Christopher Green Woodmen Life Financial Representative, presented a new banner during the meeting for Woodmen Life which will be hung at the Shelby County Expo Center for Education Day.
