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Seniors can’t live on hurricane rations alone
9/20/2007
By Patrick McDermott, Florida Freedom Newspapers
Older residents who look forward to lunch at the senior center were left disappointed this week.
Tuesday’s menu was milk, bananas and hurricane rations when the hot meals didn’t arrive.
“Wasn’t that a good dinner,” Johanna Vick commented dryly.
Bridgeway Center, which took over the meal operations about a year ago, has a contract with Pensacola-based Valley Foods.
More than 500 meals a day are delivered to homes and meal sites in Okaloosa County.
The Valparaiso Senior Center was the only place without food in what was a fluke, said Richard Barker, acting senior services manager for Bridgeway.
“Since I’ve been involved, this is the first time it’s happened,” he said. “We’re not going to put up with this on a regular basis.”
Having consistent service is important, said Vick, who has been going to the center for 20 years and wants her fellow seniors to keep showing up.
“If the food is no good, people won’t come,” she said.
Barker said he recognized the social importance of the centers, and added that the relationship with Valley Foods has been good so far.
“We would not be in a relationship with a company that does not respond to our concerns and our customers’ concerns,” he said.
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