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- Provides noon meals to handicapped and shut in senior citizens - Provides services to Lake Of The Woods County

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Older Adults
Home Delivered Meals
- Monthly newsletters to keep communication available on planned activities (i.e. concerts, pow-wows, etc.) and other information - Nutritious meals served Monday - Friday at Nett Lake and Vermilion Community Centers with home-delivered meals available to elders who are unable to go to the sites - Transportation for shopping monthly - Wisdom Steps Program: Preventative health program. Encourages elders to actively participate in programs that promote health screenings, health education, healthy living activities and evidence-based health programs. Elders who become members of the program and complete a minimum of 46,000 steps per year, and complete health screenings and exams become eligible to attend the annual Wisdom Steps Conference Free of charge. Participants earn incentives and recognition at the conference for their work towards becoming healthy and the number of steps that they walk during the year through a Tier system.

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Senior Ride Programs
Newsletters
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Older Adults
Home Delivered Meals
Native American Community
Provides a hot, nutritious noon meal to older adults, adults with disabilities, or adults who are terminally ill and with limited mobility who are unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are provided by local caterers and delivered by volunteers. Program Coordinators will meet individually with client to discuss nutrition and other services available to aid them in remaining independent. Volunteer opportunities available to drive for Meals on Wheels.

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People With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Meal Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Home Delivered Meals
Homebound
Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include: - Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP - Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education - Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults - Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation. - Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

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Medicare Information/Counseling
Caregiver Issues
Wellness Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Gap Group Nutrition Related Benefits
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
Older Adult Social Clubs
Fraud Prevention
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Low Cost Meals
Older Adults
Outreach Programs
Hot or frozen meal delivered to the home weekdays -Frozen meals available for weekends and holidays - Diets available: variety of diets available. -no deliveries on weekends or holidays.

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Homebound
Older Adults
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities
Home Delivered Meals
Physical Disabilities
Emergency food shelf for persons living in area. Clients will be asked to provide name, address, telephone number, the number of adults and the number of children to be served and if there are any infants. Clients should call the day on which food is to be picked up. Clients will need proof of address and identification for all members of the household. Usage is limited to once every 30 days. Senior Food Shelf: Usage is limited to seniors and may be used once a month by appointment only. Free home delivery. Free hot lunch provided Monday - Thursday to community members Hygiene: Shampoo, razors, shaving cream, soap and lotion are given to clients once every two months. The availability of hygiene products will vary. Transportation: Clients can qualify for tokens or a bus card in one of two ways. The caseworker must be able to verify by telephone that the client has a permanent job for which they have not received their first paycheck or have several medical appointments. Energy conservation services including furnace checks and minor repairs, call 612-721-6462. Referrals to LensCrafters for free eye exam and glasses. Limited financial assistance for special needs. Call to see if funding is available. Seasonal services, HeatShare, and emergency disaster services. Food support application assistance (SNAP)

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Soup Kitchens
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Home Delivered Meals
Bus Fare
Food Pantries
Shaving Utensils
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Eye Screening
Food Donation Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Older Adults
Meals by reservation for homebound older adults and their spouses, including safety checks for older adults.
Public Programming: Workshops, Meals On Wheels delivery, Coffee Connection (Monday - Thursday 9:30 am - 12 pm), weekly activities (education hour, arts and crafts, games, and more), Bone Builders (Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 am - 10:30 am), Finland Community Senior Meal (2nd Wednesday 11:30 am - 1 pm), non-medical nail care and blood pressure clinics (3rd Thursday 9 am - 3 pm), monthly foot care clinics (call for dates). Resources: Technology support (Tech Tuesdays - volunteer-led assistance Tuesdays, 11 am - 2 pm) and referrals, free tax preparation (VITA), Medicare workshops (during open enrollment), legal kiosk, medical equipment loan closet, and Per Mar medical alert system setup. Volunteer Opportunities: Casual volunteer, Driver, friendly visitor/caller, fundraising volunteer, garden helper, governance volunteer, pet therapy volunteer, program assistant or leader, tax helper, and tech support volunteer.

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Podiatry/Foot Care
Personal Finances/Tax Assistance Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Home Delivered Meals
Information Technology Management Support
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Paratransit Driver Volunteer Opportunities
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Friendly Telephoning Volunteer Opportunities
Workshops/Symposiums
Hair and Nail Care
Direct Service Volunteers
Age Peer Networking
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
VINE volunteers deliver noon meals each weekday to aging adults and others who aren't able to shop for and/or prepare nutritious meals. An important benefit of the program is a personal safety check. Service is not available on holidays.
5-7 meals are prepared and frozen at the Veteran's Home in Silver Bay and delivered in the area by NSAP volunteers.
- Activities include biking, bowling, cards, dancing, hiking, investments, golf leagues, pickleball, classes in painting, dancing, humanities, defensive driving, bridge, cribbage, and crafts - Mature Driver Training - Meal programs: - Dinner at Your Door provides home delivered meals to people who are homebound - Senior Dining provides meals for lunch at the Crystal Community Center - Medicare counseling (provided by Senior Linkage Line) - Monthly newsletter - Social clubs - Special events and trips

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Home Delivered Meals
Mature Driver Training
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Older Adult Social Clubs
Senior Centers
Midday meal served to seniors 60 and older, and to disabled or homebound individuals. Home-Delivered: - Call by noon the day before meal is needed - Call by noon on Tuesday for weekend frozen meals on wheels (delivered on Thursday)
Offers well-balanced, nutritious meals in a friendly, community atmosphere. Persons 60 and over are eligible to receive meals at a reduced cost. Persons under 60 pay full price. - Serving time is 11 am. - Special diet meals, takeout, weekend, and holiday meals available - Weekend meals are prepared and frozen Thursday, delivered Friday

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Senior Centers
Home Delivered Meals
Older Adults
Low Cost Meals
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Provides a hot, nutritious noon meal to older adults, adults with disabilities, or adults who are terminally ill and with limited mobility who are unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are provided by local caterers and delivered by volunteers. Program Coordinators will meet individually with client to discuss nutrition and other services available to aid them in remaining independent. Volunteer opportunities available to drive for Meals on Wheels.

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People With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Meal Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Home Delivered Meals
Homebound
- Meals-on-wheels available seven days a week from the Community Center - Congregate dining: 11:30 am Monday - Friday - Provides recreational activities and enrichment programs for participants

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Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Home Delivered Meals
Low Cost Meals
Older Adults
Offers recreational activities for older adults. Activities offered include: - Bicycling club - Bingo - Book clubs - Card games - In-person or virtual caregiver support groups - Exercise classes such as Silver Sneakers Strength and Balance, Tai Chi, flexibility and strength, and yoga - Health insurance counseling - Knit and quilting - Line dancing - Legal information and resources - Ping pong - Outreach services such as referrals, mobile meals, and home visits - Special events - Technology assistance - Trips and community tours - Walking groups The Heritage Center is also available for rent for family parties, babyshowers, meetings, or a corporate event.

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Meeting Space
Senior Centers
Field Trips/Excursions
Table Tennis
Computer Literacy Training Programs
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Home Delivered Meals
Yoga
Older Adults
Outreach Programs
Knitting Instruction
Mature Driver Training
Exercise Classes/Groups
Legal Information Services
Bridge
Walking Programs
Chess
Bingo
Friendly Visiting
Country Line Dancing Instruction
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Cycling
Prepares and delivers free, medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling to Minnesota residents diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, cancer, MS, ALS, ESRD, CHF, and COPD. Additional meals for caregivers and dependents available as needed.

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Caregivers
Cancer
Multiple Sclerosis
AIDS
HIV Infections
Kidney Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Home Delivered Meals
Nutrition Education
Congestive Heart Failure
- In-home care including health care, therapies, homemaker and companion services. - House Calls providing primary care services by a physician or certified nurse practitioner. - Hospice care for end of life home care - Home delivered meals for the 7-county metro area are available as part of Optage services. Meals can also take place in a congregate setting at 17 locations throughout Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington counties.

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Homebound
Occupational Therapy
Home Nursing
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Homemaker Assistance
Home Health Aide Services
In Home Meal Preparation
In Home Hospice Care
Home Delivered Meals
Friendly Visiting
Physical Therapy
Noon meals delivered to the home by volunteers Monday through Friday. Meals are prepared by Augustana and delivered hot between 11 am - 12:30 pm. Weekend meals are available, they will be delivered frozen on a Friday so they can be warmed during the weekend. Each meal consists of a main course, vegetables or fruit, a juice, bread, and dessert.
Provides home delivered meals

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Home Delivered Meals
Older Adults
Volunteer-delivered meals for older adults who are unable to prepare meals. Meals are delivered at 12 noon.

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Meal Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
Home Delivered Meals
Delivered meals to homebound older adults over the age of 60 and persons with a certified disability. Meals are prepared fresh daily in the kitchen at the Fairview Community Center.
- Hot or frozen meal delivered to the home - Diets available: variety of diets available - Does not deliver on weekends or holidays but frozen meals are available to cover those days
Prepares and delivers free, medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling to Minnesota residents diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, cancer, MS, ALS, ESRD, CHF, and COPD. Additional meals for caregivers and dependents available as needed.

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Caregivers
Cancer
Multiple Sclerosis
AIDS
HIV Infections
Kidney Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Home Delivered Meals
Nutrition Education
Congestive Heart Failure
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

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Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Low Cost Meals
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Gap Group Nutrition Related Benefits
Food Lines
Home Delivered Meals

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