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Crater Area Agency on Aging briefs Surry supervisors on senior services; county highlights new EMS and fire apparatus
Summary
Crater District Area Agency on Aging updated the board on nutrition, home-delivery meals (6,158 meals region-wide; Surry represented ~15.6%), congregate meals and diabetes-prevention programming. County staff showcased cash-funded EMS and fire vehicles — a medic unit (~$398,000) and an initial-attack apparatus (~$415,000).
Representatives of the Crater District Area Agency on Aging provided a program update to the Surry County Board of Supervisors, outlining services for older adults in the county and the region.
Renata (CEO) and Shalisha Hill (nutrition and wellness specialist) told the board the Crater service area includes more than 2,300 Surry County residents age 60 or older and about 224 older adults living below the poverty line. The agency reported providing 6,158 home-delivered meals regionally and said Surry accounted for roughly 15.6% of those deliveries (an average of…
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