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Local senior centers were among 30 nonprofits around the state to receive food relief checks through First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative and the Wyoming Governor’s …
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Local senior centers were among 30 nonprofits around the state to receive food relief checks through First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative and the Wyoming Governor’s Residence Foundation.
All told, the donations amounted to over $10,000 as part of the total $80,000 allocated to anti-hunger nonprofit organizations throughout Wyoming’s 23 counties in July and August.
The COVID-19 response funds will be directed specifically to feed families and seniors during this time of crisis in a safe environment.
“Wyoming Hunger Initiative’s mission is to end childhood hunger in Wyoming but when COVID hit and so many generous donors stepped up to provide for hungry families in Wyoming, we knew we needed to shift to include all people who were in need of food,” said Gordon. “There are numerous senior centers around the state of Wyoming who are providing meals during this time and we felt it was equally as important to include them in our distribution.”
Wyoming Hunger Initiative funds were allocated to Powell Senior Citizens Center, Cody Council on Aging, Hot Springs County Senior Center, Washakie County Senior Citizens Center, Ten Sleep Senior Center and others around the state.
First Lady Gordon has set up other efforts on behalf of the state’s senior population. Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gordon and Wyoming Department of Health’s Aging Division partnered to ask the state’s citizens to send letters and cards to residents in the state’s skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers. The result was 5,134 cards mailed to 40 centers around the Cowboy State.
“Older Wyomingites, AARP Wyoming, and our members have long received support from those inside the Governor’s Residence, but the work of the First Lady on behalf of our state’s age 50 and over has been truly outstanding,” said AARP Wyoming State Director Sam Shumway.
Shumway said the letters and cards program “is a great way to reach out to those struggling with social isolation, which impacts both mental and physical well-being.”
Wyoming Hunger Initiative’s efforts are made possible by generous donors from across the state.
For Wyoming COVID-19 resources, visit www.nohungerwyo.org/covid.
