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CONTINUATION for a full year of a fledgling program to “provide a nutritious midday meal and promote socialization of 100 persons daily, 60 and over, who are either low income, isolated, lonely or do not eat nutritious meals for any reason,” was approved at last Thursday's August meeting of the Region 9 Planning District Commission.
Only Fred Buswell of Culpeper voted “no,” indicating that he thought existing “welfare and Food Stamp” programs were enough.
His arguments were countered by Billy Mitchell of Culpeper, who made a brief, intense speech about the need to help the elderly: “t hope that if some day, if I get destitute, I’d like to know that someone would help me to the extent of at least one meal a day... It’s the hunitarian thing to do; I think this board should do it.”
The program has been in operation for several months in some counties in the Rapidan-Rappahannock Planning District, and is funded by Federal and State money, with “In-kind” local matching services. The total cost for a year is $107,084, and further regional endorsement was needed because of a change in the program’s fiscal year.
Florence (Peggy) Clark, director of the program, appeared to answer questions. She was disarmingly candid: “So far, the program has been about half really good, and half not so good.”
IN CULPEPER, she said, the hospital prepares 25 meals a day and up to 29 people have been showing up regularly, “especially
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