WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE NUTRITION PROGRAM?

Keeping Seniors healthier longer is the primary mission of the Golden Circle Nutrition Program. Since adequate nutrition is critical to health, functioning and the quality of life, the Golden Circle Nutrition Program is an important component of home and community-based services for older adults. Congregate programs promote dignity and independence for older Americans. The group dining program provides a socially interactive network which promotes mentally healthy activity and decreases creeping isolation and depression. Home-delivered meals can make a difference for an older adult who is struggling to remain independent in his/her own environment. A volunteer will provide the service of checking in on the home-bound senior on a daily basis. A hot nutritious meal and a few moments of companionship can sometimes be enough to prevent early institutionalization for home-bound seniors.

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PROGRAM STATISTICS
October 1, 2007-September 30, 2008

Number of days served	248
Number of meals served	363,512
Average # of people served/day	938
Approximate food cost	$1,142,961
Average food cost per meal	$3.08
Project Income Received	$711,931
Average Contribution Per Meal	$1.95
Unduplicated participants served	11,102

Restaurant programs are available at the following sites:

Corkey's Cafe
3110 Bond Street
Edgewood IL  62426
618-238-4608

Good Ole Days

Brownstown IL  62418

618-427-5352

Ingraham Cafe
Ingraham, IL 62434
618-752-5200

Congregate and home-delivered meals are offered in five rural Illinois counties which include Christian, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, and Montgomery.  See below for a listing of sites and phone numbers:

Christian County Sites:   

- Kincaid             217-237-4328

 - Morrisonville    217-526-3621

 - Pana                217-562-5611

 - Taylorville        217-287-7268

Clay County Sites:

 - Clay City         618-676-1591

 - Flora               618-662-6741

 - Louisville         618-665-3324

Effingham County Sites:

 - Altamont          618-483-6912

 - Beecher City    618-487-5401

 - Dieterich          217-925-5461

 - Effingham         217-347-2851

 - Teutopolis        217-857-3848

Fayette County Sites:

 - Ramsey            618-423-9094

 - Vandalia           618-283-1040

Montgomery County Sites:

 - Hillsboro          217-532-3662

 - Litchfield          217-324-3032

 - Nokomis          217-563-7022

 - Raymond          217-324-3032

 - Witt                  217-324-3032

For further information call us at (217) 342-2193 extension 119.

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