Food Bank Provides Home Delivery to South Whidbey Seniors

Good Cheer has begun an innovative program to deliver food to South Whidbey seniors in their homes.

"Seniors may have difficulty getting to the Food Bank, or have concerns about anonymity," says Good Cheer Executive Director Kathy McLaughlin. "Even high gas prices can be a factor. So if the seniors can't get to the Food Bank, we'll bring the Food Bank to them."

In collaboration with the Senior Center, Good Cheer now distributes grocery list order forms for seniors to fill out and return. The Good Cheer Food Bank team packs up the requested foods, and volunteers deliver them to seniors' homes.

An order form list of groceries is available at the Senior Nutrition lunches at the Senior Center and by calling Good Cheer at 221-6454.

A list for the following month is included with the food deliveries.

Deliveries are made on the third Wednesday of the month, with the grocery lists due on the Friday before.

The grocery lists may be returned during the senior lunches or mailed to the office of the Good Cheer Food Bank, P.O. Box 144, Langley, WA 98260.

Those who need to have the list picked up or who want more information can call Good Cheer at 221-6454 and ask for Rita or Kathy.

Anyone from Greenbank to Clinton is encouraged to participate.