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The Coastal Buzz
Volunteer Spotlight
JANUARY 2022
Giving is Receiving
for Southport Volunteer
By Beth A. Klahre
T
o Noreene Duggan, giving is receiving. As a volunteer at The Brunswick Center at Southport, she spends a lot of her time giving.
Duggan moved to Southport from Detroit, Michigan. She says, “I have a friend who lives in Wilmington
and we would take our bikes to Southport on the ferry. Like so many others, I fell in love with Southport. I moved here permanently in 2015.” Duggan has been volunteering at The Brunswick Center at Southport since 2016. She says, “The center is a great place for those who are looking for socialization which ofttimes fades in our later years.”
Photos by Melissa Catle
Volunteers Noreene Duggan, le , and Karen Stoekle help prepare and serve meals for the congregate lunch program and Meal on Wheels in Southport.
It All Started in the Kitchen Duggan’s volunteerism at The Brunswick Center at Southport started in the kitchen. She is one of seven volunteers who has helped prepare and serve meals for the congregate meals nutrition program. According to center director Melissa Catlett, the congregate meals program serves an average of 40 people Monday through Friday. The monthly menu, announced in The Coastal Buzz, is changed twice annually. Each meal provides one third of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for a full meal and each menu is approved by a registered dietician. Anyone age 60 and older may receive a congregate meal, and contributions are welcome. The center also prepares food for Oak Island and Boiling Springs Lake Parks and Recreation Centers. Duggan has delivered food to both of these locations. Beverly Bridgers is the nutrition coordinator for the Brunswick Center at Southport and Duggan’s supervisor. She says, “Noreene is awesome. She is funny, compassionate, thoughtful, personable, and willing to do whatever is needed to help our seniors. She is truly part of our “A Team” in the kitchen. I can't imagine our center without her.”
