Soup, chili supper assists Sunny Day
The Morrison Family will provide musical entertainment for a fund-raiser being held March 14 to benefit Sunny Day Adult Day Care and the Gwen Locke Memorial Fund, says Georgia Mabe, program director.
A soup and chili supper will get under way at the Senior Center, 809 Morrison St., at 5:30 p.m. followed by an auction at 6:30 p.m. Drawings for door prizes will be conducted throughout the evening.
Tickets are $5 for those age 11 through adult with $3 charged for children age 10 and under.
Sunny Day Adult Day Care is a unique program offering services and activities for persons over 60 who need daytime supervision within a homelike setting. Family care-givers are able to attend to other responsibilities or simply take a much needed break with the assurance that their family member is in a secure and nurturing environment.
The concept for an adult day care came from visits to other senior citizens center which offered similar programs. The day care for adults first opened in McMinnville in September 1994 with Gwen Locke, one of the founders, serving as nurse and activities director in conjunction with an advisory committee from the Senior Center and medical professionals from two home health agencies. After Locke’s death in 1995, a memorial fund was established in her honor at First National Bank to help people who are unable to afford the daily fee for participation in the day care program.
“Gwen had always told us, ‘If anything ever happens to me, don’t send flowers. Send money to a non-profit organization,'” a home health nurse recalled when the fund was started.
Sunny Day has progressed from a Friday-only day care to currently operating from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 931-473-6559 for more information.