Information from WYSH Radio
The Anderson County Office on Aging and the Council on Aging have found a location to open up an expanded Office on Aging and create a full-blown Senior Center serving Clinton and Anderson County.
The new location will be in the old Food Stamp building on Charles Seivers Boulevard, just west of the intersection of Clinch Avenue and Seivers.
The new center is being rented to the Office and Council on Aging at a discounted rate because, as Director Cherie Phillips said Thursday morning, “they want to give back to the community.”
The new facility measures some 7,500 square feet, and it will be used for health education classes, activities, social events, lunches, evidence-based programs, meetings on issues affecting seniors, and anything else that “will help seniors have a better life,†according to Phillips.
The exact date of the move has not been nailed down but it will be soon, according to Phillips.
In the meantime, officials need dozens of items to run the Senior Center the way they feel it should be run and are asking for donations from the community.
For more information, you can call the Office on Aging at 865-457-3259.
| Items needed for new building | Donated or sponsored by : |
| 2 wheelers | ACOA |
| bags : Cloth , for 2nd harvest etc . | |
| Baskets for Activities supplies | |
| Big screen TV | Stanley Foust |
| bingo items | |
| bingo prizes | |
| board games | |
| Book cases several | |
| books Fiction & Non Fiction : for reading area | |
| bowls : all sizes | |
| Bowls : serving Size about 30 -50 | |
| bulletin boards: several | |
| chairs : Lots | ETHRA, |
| chalk boards : 2 or Dry Erase boards | |
| cleaning supplies | |
| cleaning supplies for Clients in need | |
| Clocks : Large | |
| Coat Rack/s | |
| Coffee : for senior center | |
| coffee cups | |
| coffee maker large : 2 | Janice Johnson : Nutrition Dept , Renee Burchfield |
| coffee table | |
| computers for computer classes (used is fine ) | |
| condiments (all kinds) | |
| containers with lids : all sizes | |
| Cook stove | |
| Cook Ware | Office on Aging |
| couch | |
| craft paper | |
| croc/knitting items | |
| dart board | Donna Medley |
| décor | |
| Deep fryers | Felicia Foust |
| Depends | |
| Desk several | ETHRA, Jim Hackworth |
| dish towels | |
| Dishes | |
| Display stands several | |
| Drinking Straws | ACOA |
| drinks of all kinds | |
| dry erase boards | |
| dry erase markers | |
| ensure | |
| Exercise equipment : limited area | |
| file cabinets several | Jim Hackworth, ETHRA, ACOA |
| freezer | |
| fridge/ more then one | |
| HB products for Clients in need | |
| ice machine | |
| Kettles : large | |
| kitchen table and chairs – Several for Sr lunches | |
| knifes | |
| laminator / electric one | |
| lamps | |
| Large crock pots | Janice Johnson : Nutrition Dept |
| large standing ezels at least 2 | |
| Large Trash Cans : about 6 | |
| locking cabinets : several | |
| magazines : for reading area | |
| markers | |
| Money or gift cards to purchass items | |
| movies : DVD’s for movie days | |
| napkins | |
| other cookers | Renee Burchfield |
| other Utensils | |
| Paper cups | |
| paper note books for seniors for Classes | |
| paper plates | |
| paper products for clients in need | |
| pens | |
| plants : for décor | |
| plastic ware | |
| Plates : about 50 | |
| Playing Cards : Several | |
| pool table | Robert Phillips |
| popcorn : for movie day | |
| popcorn machine | |
| puzzles & puzzle books | |
| Radio with tape/cd player | |
| rubber bands | |
| rugs for door areas | |
| scissors : several | |
| shelving / shelves lots | |
| sign for Senior Center | |
| Silver ware | |
| sponsor for Basic Cable TV | |
| Stand for Sign in Center | |
| standing cooler : for drinks and food items | |
| storage bags : all sizes | |
| tables several , folding : for activities | |
| Tea Pitchers : a few | |
| thumb tacks | |
| tinfoil, plastic wrap etc. | |
| totes : need a lot , for storage of Activities etc | |
| towels : Small hand towles | |
| Trays for lunches : about 50 | |
| walkie talkies : 4 | |
| wireless headphone for telephone |
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