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Donna Smallwood director tells Parma council senior programs grew to 24,000 visits, warns meals service near capacity
Summary
Senior center director Erin Lawley told Parma City Council the Donna Smallwood Activity Center logged more than 24,000 visits in 2025 and delivered or served about 37,000 meals, and asked council to maintain funding for staff, transportation and programming amid capacity limits.
Erin Lawley, director of the Donna Smallwood Activity Center, told Parma City Council during a budget hearing that the center recorded “over 24,000 visits to our center” in 2025 and that staff delivered and served more than 37,000 meals last year.
The presentation, on the senior center’s administrative (Fund 026), meals (Fund 185) and transportation (Fund 188) budgets, outlined rising participation and strained operational capacity. Lawley said membership growth included more than 650 new members over two years, with about 400 renewing last year, and that the membership database currently lists roughly 1,500 names. “We are…
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