Loaves & Fishes Centers will celebrate 40 years of service to seniors with a special kickoff event on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 10 a.m. Held in the historic Lincoln Street Methodist Church, from where the first Meals-On-Wheels were delivered, the event will commemorate those volunteers who started the senior nutrition program in February 1970. In attendance will be Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo, Forest Grove Mayor Peter Truax, Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis, North Plains Mayor David Hatcher, Tigard Mayor Craig Dirkson along with former Loaves & Fishes Centers Executive Directors and Board Presidents. Oregon gubernatorial candidates John Kitzhaber, Bill Bradbury and Allen Alley will also be in attendance and will deliver Meals-On-Wheels following the brief ceremony.
Lincoln Street Methodist Church is located at 5145 SE Lincoln Street in Portland.
About Loaves & Fishes Centers: Since 1970 Loaves & Fishes Centers has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 33 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals-On-Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of more than 7,500 volunteers, the nonprofit, nonsectarian agency now serves 5,000 meals daily and more than 1.4 million meals each year. The agency celebrates 40 years of service to seniors in 2010. Visit: www.LoavesAndFishesOnline.org.
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