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Effingham senior center seeks written guarantee as county budgets $100,000 for Project Concern
Summary
Managers, patrons and Project Concern’s new director urged commissioners to preserve the Effingham senior center and home-delivered meals; the county budget includes a $100,000 appropriation but commissioners said a memorandum of understanding is needed to secure operations.
Residents and staff from the Effingham senior center told the Atchison County Commission on Friday they want a written assurance that county funding will keep the center open after the draft budget included a $100,000 appropriation to Project Concern.
Deanna Sunderman Paul, manager of the Town and Country senior center in Lancaster, told commissioners she has run the Effingham center for 11 years and described daily attendance and meal-delivery needs: “On Mondays, I have 10 to 11 people. Tuesdays, I have anywhere from 10 to 15 people. Wednesdays, I have 20 plus people. Thursdays, I go back down to 11,” she said,…
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