The need is great: Feed Seniors Now

1. Paper or plastic – just get a bag - either one will do.

2. Fill it with non-refrigerated food items (see the Shopping List on page 3 for ideas).

3. Deliver to Lubbock Meals on Wheels.

The need is great, and it continues to grow. As Lubbock grows, so does the senior population.

Lubbock Meals on Wheels delivers weekend meal bags each week to many people, and even more are on the waiting list for deliveries.

The importance and urgent need is greater now than ever for everyone to get involved with supporting the Feed Seniors Now efforts. This once-a-year initiative helps bring weekend meals to seniors who desperately need nutrition.

More than 1 in 3 seniors are at risk for un- der- or mal-nutrition according to the Mayo Clinic/American Dietetic Association.

Malnutrition is the lack of proper nutrition, not necessarily a lack of food.

Detecting malnutrition in seniors may be difficult, and even seniors who eat enough may be eating the wrong foods to keep themselves healthy.

Comfort Keepers designs custom in-home

(See Feed Seniors Now, Page 3)

The High Noon Concert Series offers free outdoor performances from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday. Food trucks are on site during the concerts at the Lubbock County Courthouse Gazebo, 904 Broadway. Two $50 cash prize drawings are held during each concert. (1 ticket per person, and you must be present to win). The final 2 performers are D.G. Flewellyn on Aug. 2, and Jenni Dale Lord, Aug. 9.

Chocolate German Pancakes with berries and cream

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter

• ¼ cup cocoa powder

• ¾ cup all-purpose flour

• 1 tablespoon sugar

• Pinch of salt

• 1 cup low-fat ultra-filtered (lactose-free) milk, such as Mootopia or Fair Life

• 6 large eggs

• 1 cup plain, low-fat yogurt

• 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar, packed

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 cup berries (raspberries, strawberries, etc.)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Put two tablespoons butter in an oven-safe skillet or 9X13-inch baking dish and place in the oven as it preheats. Remove once the butter is melted.

2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, sugar and salt until well-combined. Gradually whisk in milk, until no lumps remain. Add eggs, one at a time, until well-mixed.

3. Remove skillet/dish from the oven and pour in batter. Promptly return to the oven to bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the center is set and the edges are curled and slightly browned.

4. While the pancakes bake, prepare the cream. Whisk together yogurt, sugar and vanilla in a medium-sized bowl. Continue to stir until sugar granules have dissolved (about 2-3 minutes).

5. Remove skillet from oven and slice into 8 pieces. Top with fresh berries and a dollop of cream.

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care to help seniors live healthy, independent lives. And they see first-hand the needs of those seniors.

That’s why they created an initiative to address senior nutrition issues. Through the Feed Seniors Now initiative in September, Comfort Keepers partners with Lubbock Meals on Wheels to collect food and funds to fully support the weekend meals bag program.

Clients of this program have no other means to obtain weekend food.

An individual or a group can help.

If you have a business, organization, church, Sunday school class, bunko group etc., set a goal for filling sacks or a goal for monetary donations.

The food items need to be delivered to the Lubbock Meals on Wheels office at 2304 34th St. or call for pickup by Sept. 30.

 Instant Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal

 Single serving cereal boxes

 Cereal bars

 Granola bars

 Juice boxes

 Soup

 Small cans of tuna or chicken

 Single serving packages of Goldfish

 Single serving packages of pretzels

 Microwave popcorn

 Individual Beanie Weenies

 Individual fruit cups

 Peanut butter crackers

 Cheese crackers

 Individual mac and cheese

 Individual Chef Boyardee meals

 Individually packaged cookies

 Vienna sausages

 Peanut Butter To Go

 Individual packages of peanuts

 Single serving packages of chips

 Ensure/Boost/Glucerna

Each weekend meal bag contains an entrée plus 5 to 6 of the above non-refrigerated items.

The Roundtable meeting on Aug. 26th will feature Dr. Kathy Rollo as speaker.

The Lubbock ISD superintendent will speak on “Progress and Promise in Lubbock ISD.” She will have some information about the finished building at 5th and Quaker, also. Roundtable is held at the Carillon Senior Living Center, 1717 Norfolk Ave. in the Pointe Plaza Building in the Cimarron Room at 11 a.m.

Cost is $18.00. Anything given extra goes into the Scholarship Fund for the Honors College at Texas Tech.

RSVP because the kitchen staff needs to know how many to prepare for. Make check to Roundtable or pay cash.

Come early to register and visit with friends.

Marie Evans 806-281-3181 MEvans1398@aol.com.

The Lubbock Christian Women’s Connection will celebrate “Life is a Love Song” with Yvonne Karlin, of Willis, Texas, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 8.

Dillard’s will also present a style show with live models. The buffet lunch, program and a chance to win door prizes will be held at the Lubbock Country Club, 3400 Mesa Road.

Cost is $23 and RSVPs must be made by Aug. 4 to Sharen at 806-392-0264 or LubbockCWC@gmail.com.