“Old people don’t need to eat more than four days a week,” joked 80-year-old Don Poling over green beans and chicken casserole on Tuesday afternoon at the Haines Senior Center.
But in all seriousness, Poling said the decision this July to reduce days the senior center serves meals in person to just three days per week has had a real effect on the 70 to 80 seniors who use the service.
“It takes a lot…
