We deliver one mid-day meal per day for seniors aged 60 and over who are restricted to their homes due to illness or disability. A frozen meal is left for the next day. The program’s expansion in 2009 will include breakfast meals funded by federal stimulus dollars.

Supplemental liquid nutrition products and special diets are delivered when prescribed by your physician. We also provide shelf-stable boxed meals that you can put aside for use in the event of inclement weather conditions or emergencies.

For information call one of our Intake Specialists at (757) 461-9481.

You Can!, Help Yourself!, Stay Safe! Stay Active! Virginia

We offer three programs that provide information, fitness activities and encouragement to enable seniors to practice active, healthy and safe lifestyles.

You Can! or “Eat Better, Move More” is a two-part health-focused nutrition and walking program. Part one provides assistance to create a healthy eating plan and engages participants in low-impact self-paced walking, using a pedometer and counting steps. Part two further addresses the role that vitamins and minerals play in proper nutrition and offers easy routines for strength, flexibility and balance.

Help Yourself! is a “Chronic Condition Self-Management” program that teaches how to live positive, active lives despite on-going health concerns such as asthma, high blood pressure or diabetes.

Stay Safe! Stay Active! Virginia is a fall-prevention program that increases strength, flexibility and balance through mild low-impact routines. Designed to prevent injuries from falls, sessions also offer education and checklists to help make homes safer.

For start dates, program locations and more information, contact the Wellness Program Supervisor at (757) 461-9481 ext. 207, or mwachtel@ssseva.org.