Mission
Sierra Senior Services feeds and supports seniors in the North Lake Tahoe and Truckee Communities
Vision
All seniors in our community will have access to nutritious meals, social opportunities, and health and wellness programs.
What we offer
Provide drivers, in-kind donations, fundraising help, office/kitchen or tech support and general donations
Senior Concerns expressed through surveys and one-on-one sessions include transportation, housing, food scarcity, medical issues and decreased funding for programs to provide basic needs. Individuals from the middle class have been hit hard from the economic down turn and are at risk to lose everything financially with just one medical emergency.
Misconceptions regarding Sierra Senior Services
Sierra Senior Services feeds and supports seniors in the North Lake Tahoe and Truckee Communities
Vision
All seniors in our community will have access to nutritious meals, social opportunities, and health and wellness programs.
What we offer
- We serve meals to seniors age 60 and over, and residents of the Truckee Donner Senior Apartments, totaling 24,000 annually
- 67% of participants are home-bound, 75% live alone, 70% are renters, 54% are disabled, and only 3% Hispanic
- Companionship - our volunteers are often the only visitor seniors see daily
- Government reductions in basic needs services are causing an increased demand for our services
- Health & Wellness Seminars
- Senior Advisory Council
- Resources and referrals
- Welfare checks to be sure people are okay and safe in their homes
- Library Assistance
- Blood Pressure Clinic
- Fun Activities & Socialization
- 30% Government; 50% Community; 20% Foundations
- Percentages of meals served: 36% community dining room; 30% home delivered Nevada; 34% home delivered
- More than 130 volunteers donate time to equal approximately $125,000 per year
- Fundraising efforts include - Truckee Bingo, Paella Dinner, Monthly Pancake Breakfast, Grape Stomp & Private Donor Requests
Provide drivers, in-kind donations, fundraising help, office/kitchen or tech support and general donations
Senior Concerns expressed through surveys and one-on-one sessions include transportation, housing, food scarcity, medical issues and decreased funding for programs to provide basic needs. Individuals from the middle class have been hit hard from the economic down turn and are at risk to lose everything financially with just one medical emergency.
Misconceptions regarding Sierra Senior Services
- Truckee Senior Apartments is independently operated from Sierra Senior Services (Meals-on-Wheels)
- Funding from the government is approximately $5 per meal up to set scope of service (up 20% annually)
- We operate a commercial kitchen with insurance, permits and payroll equal to a restaurant
- There is no charge for meals offered to individuals aged 60+ and we follow a "donation only policy" per to Federal guidelines
- We are forced to absorb costs resulting from fluctuation in gas, food and delivery supply prices
- Federal audit costs our agency more than $10K per year
- Our program is available to anyone over 60 that qualifies, with two or more medical conditions
- Medical eligibility for home delivered meals includes two areas of the following that are diminished: walking, transferring, standing, bathing, dressing, problems with prep for a meal or suffer from mentally competent issues
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